Table 2

Utilization of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty services in Medicare beneficiaries

	Current procedural terminology	F2006	F2007	F2008	F2009	F2010	F2011	F2012	F2013	F2014	Change (%)	GGR (%)
	Medicare	43 339	44 263	45 412	45 801	46 914	48 300	50 300	51 900	53 500	23	2.7
	Change (%)	2	2	3	1	2	3	4	3	3
Vertebroplasty	22 520	14 435	14 032	14 559	13 845	11 430	9768	7469	6725	5842	−60	−10.7
	Change (%)	−1	−3	4	−5	−17	−15	−24	−10	−13
	Rate	33	32	32	30	24	20	15	13	11	−67	−13.0
	22 521	14 187	14 491	15 036	14 458	12 101	10 275	7709	6812	6058	−57	−10.1
	Change (%)	2	2	4	−4	−16	−15	−25	−12	−11
	Rate	33	33	33	32	26	21	15	13	11	−65	−12.4
	22 522	7094	6652	7150	6788	5418	4272	3586	3144	2832	−60	−10.8
	Change (%)	2	−6	7	−5	−20	−21	−16	−12	−10
	Rate	16	15	16	15	12	9	7	6	5	−68	−13.2
	Vertebroplasty	35 716	35 175	36 745	35 091	28 949	24 315	18 764	16 681	14 732	−59	−10.5
	Change (%)	1	−2	4	−5	−18	−16	−23	−11	−12
	Rate	82	79	81	77	62	50	37	32	28	−67	−12.8
Kyphoplasty	22 523	21 096	23 690	23 960	23 550	21 680	22 044	22 662	22 921	22 258	6	0.7
	Change (%)		12	1	−2	−8	2	3	1	−3
	Rate	49	54	53	51	46	46	45	44	42	−15	−1.9
	22 524	22 111	25 220	26 300	26 305	24 199	24 699	26 130	26 646	26 266	19	2.2
	Change (%)		14	4	0	−8	2	6	2	−1
	Rate	51	57	58	57	52	51	52	51	49	−4	−0.5
	22 525	11 450	12 875	13 088	13 150	12 011	12 300	12 373	12 272	12 132	6	0.7
	Change (%)		12	2	0	−9	2	1	−1	−1
	Rate	26	29	29	29	26	25	25	24	23	−14	−1.9
	Kyphoplasty	54 657	61 785	63 348	63 005	57 890	59 043	61 165	61 839	60 656	11	1.3
	Change (%)		13	3	−1	−8	2	4	1	−2
	Rate	126	140	139	138	123	122	122	119	113	−10	−1.3
Combined	Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty	90 373	96 960	100 093	98 096	86 839	83 358	79 929	78 520	75 388	−17	−2.2
	Change (%)	NA	7	3	−2	−11	−4	−4	−2	−4
	Rate	209	219	220	214	185	173	159	151	141	−32	−4.8