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Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 454 · Surgery or procedure

Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with CC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $59,319 per stay at 491 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $46,725 and $64,536.

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

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case
$59,319
Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
$46,725–$64,536
Medicare’s share
$49,52983% of the payment
Average billed charge
$289,584
Hospitals reporting
49113,779 stays

Hospitals in Ohio

Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.

Location
Ohio
Specific hospitals up to 10
Average payment across these 19 hospitals
$54,526National $59,319 · Ohio $54,526
Median hospital
$54,578
Lowest to highest
$32,514–$73,162
Medicare stays
637

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

Medicare payments per case for Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with CC by hospital, 2024
HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta, OH · CCN 36014712$32,51445% below the national average$30,822$157,184
Bethesda NorthCincinnati, OH · CCN 36017929$43,06527% below the national average$38,773$115,245
Christ HospitalCincinnati, OH · CCN 36016396$45,16824% below the national average$42,665$188,966
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin, OH · CCN 36034819$46,02422% below the national average$44,368$195,425
ProMedica Toledo HospitalToledo, OH · CCN 36006823$46,38622% below the national average$44,035$180,352
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights, OH · CCN 36023013$47,93719% below the national average$32,376$126,425
Miami Valley HospitalDayton, OH · CCN 36005130$49,36817% below the national average$41,626$259,179
Lutheran HospitalCleveland, OH · CCN 36008745$49,87916% below the national average$37,134$101,159
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati, OH · CCN 36013433$52,50411% below the national average$45,928$168,477
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati, OH · CCN 36001631$54,578About average$42,950$234,327
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville, OH · CCN 36001217$56,867About average$37,071$189,996
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical HospitalNew Albany, OH · CCN 36026613$59,173About average$29,498$142,321
Summa Health SystemAkron, OH · CCN 36002024$59,332About average$35,903$200,736
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus, OH · CCN 36000685$59,420About average$36,571$155,005
UH Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, OH · CCN 36013726$59,567About average$55,347$243,241
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus, OH · CCN 36008555$61,835About average$51,588$249,375
Cleveland ClinicCleveland, OH · CCN 36018039$63,950About average$43,169$160,176
University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati, OH · CCN 36000324$71,08520% above the national average$44,683$259,259
Grant Medical CenterColumbus, OH · CCN 36001723$73,16223% above the national average$38,656$191,801

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

  • Average payment
  • Average billed charge
2020: 16,157 stays at 530 hospitals · 2021: 16,467 stays at 509 hospitals · 2022: 17,860 stays at 570 hospitals · 2023: 19,004 stays at 587 hospitals · 2024: 13,779 stays at 491 hospitals
View data as a table
National average payment and billed charge for Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with CC
Year of careAverage paymentAverage billed charge
2020$52K$228K
2021$54K$244K
2022$55K$261K
2023$57K$276K
2024$59K$290K

By state, 2024

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

Show all 47 states
Average payment by state for Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with CC, 2024
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Mississippi112$41,139$41,139–$41,139
Louisiana5150$42,824$38,762–$50,171
West Virginia113$43,266$43,266–$43,266
Alabama10190$43,403$38,740–$44,676
Nebraska5149$45,044$43,027–$46,070
North Dakota466$45,602$44,285–$46,214
Kansas9219$46,229$39,656–$51,712
Oklahoma8229$46,658$39,595–$46,022
Arkansas376$46,683$42,140–$48,632
Tennessee15433$48,308$44,966–$51,245
Utah7177$48,718$47,079–$48,375
South Dakota475$48,875$43,706–$56,740
Indiana12235$50,513$44,154–$52,390
Idaho3132$51,207$51,212–$52,570
Florida401,080$51,655$44,352–$55,483
Vermont112$52,123$52,123–$52,123
Iowa257$52,238$44,831–$51,696
South Carolina11214$52,374$45,324–$55,695
Missouri10247$52,630$42,957–$48,184
Montana230$53,205$51,598–$55,981
North Carolina16492$53,600$49,744–$56,106
Ohio19637$54,526$47,162–$59,494
Kentucky4161$55,562$49,647–$61,347
Delaware156$55,637$55,637–$55,637
Michigan18345$55,769$47,846–$57,172
Colorado14490$55,789$50,431–$63,036
Wisconsin588$56,371$50,440–$61,252
Texas361,168$56,531$43,999–$59,171
Pennsylvania22563$57,542$46,871–$62,420
Virginia16508$57,588$45,890–$67,364
Nevada4108$57,897$56,490–$59,286
Georgia14304$58,015$48,226–$64,755
Arizona17458$58,251$50,499–$58,476
Minnesota13464$59,096$46,269–$52,763
Oregon7150$62,381$58,332–$64,869
New Jersey372$62,408$60,419–$63,765
Rhode Island240$62,518$61,549–$68,007
Washington15352$63,129$54,996–$67,386
Illinois17432$63,620$49,705–$72,518
Massachusetts11323$64,886$54,568–$71,231
New Mexico111$71,657$71,657–$71,657
District of Columbia398$72,940$69,921–$73,171
Maryland8284$73,655$54,785–$88,270
Connecticut7149$74,363$67,835–$78,241
California441,512$77,041$63,620–$80,973
Alaska275$78,824$67,362–$77,536
New York19643$79,008$54,250–$83,472

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.