Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 426 · Surgery or procedure

Multiple level combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion except cervical with MCC…

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $143,199 per stay at 5 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $113,055 and $148,820.

Also known as: Spinal fusion, back surgery, spine surgery

Limited data: use with caution

Only 5 hospitals reported this in 2024 (81 stays). Medicare covers few patients for some procedures (births, for example), and CMS leaves out hospitals with fewer than 11 cases, so these figures may not represent typical costs.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $143,199
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $113,055–$148,820
Medicare’s share: $128,55490% of the payment
Average billed charge: $725,197
Hospitals reporting: 581 stays

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Average payment across these 2 hospitals: $143,852National $143,199 · New York $143,852
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Medicare stays: 24

2 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Multiple level combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion except cervical with MCC… by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY · CCN 330101	11	$137,980	About average	$128,826	$679,328
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York, NY · CCN 330214	13	$148,820	About average	$114,632	$855,140

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Multiple level combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion except cervical with MCC…, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Kentucky	1	12	$79,797	$79,797–$79,797
Missouri	1	14	$113,055	$113,055–$113,055
New York	2	24	$143,852	$140,690–$146,110
California	1	31	$180,849	$180,849–$180,849

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.