Manchester City punished the striker for breaches of club discipline which included an incident last month when he was seen out partying less than 12 hours before the game against Tottenham.
The Italian striker is unhappy with the fine and will attend an independent two-man hearing in London on Wednesday to contest it.
If he loses, Balotelli will likely have to pay tens of thousands in costs in addition to his fine.
City manager Roberto Mancini says he is unhappy with the attitude of the striker.
Mancini told BBC: 'He needs to work and if he deserves to play because he worked well then he will do, but if not he will be in the stands or on the bench like all of the other players.
'He needs to train and when he starts to play like his quality he will play again. We won the championship last year because all four of the strikers were scoring goals and we want that again.
'When you have a player with the quality that Mario has, you can't understand that (he) continues to throw (it) out of the window.'
Dec. 16, 2012.
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