Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 460 · Surgery or procedure
Spinal fusion except cervical without MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $34,025 per stay at 656 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $26,898 and $37,465.
Also known as: Spinal fusion, back surgery, spine surgery
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $34,025
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $26,898–$37,465
- Medicare’s share
- $27,892
- Average billed charge
- $167,448
- Hospitals reporting
- 656
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656 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 301–350. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Methodist Hospitals Of Memphis | 14 | $30,244 | 11% below the national average | $24,318 | $155,813 |
| Huntington Hospital | 18 | $30,363 | 11% below the national average | $28,648 | $153,013 |
| Benefis Hospitals Inc | 24 | $30,371 | 11% below the national average | $22,992 | $124,768 |
| St Catherine Of Siena Hospital | 11 | $30,381 | 11% below the national average | $29,046 | $200,675 |
| University Health System, Inc | 38 | $30,410 | 11% below the national average | $25,471 | $127,789 |
| University Of Michigan Health - West | 21 | $30,419 | 11% below the national average | $28,113 | $115,350 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc | 13 | $30,429 | 11% below the national average | $28,466 | $166,935 |
| St. George Regional Hospital | 40 | $30,459 | 10% below the national average | $26,580 | $79,169 |
| Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital | 29 | $30,468 | 10% below the national average | $22,177 | $109,757 |
| Winchester Medical Center | 35 | $30,500 | 10% below the national average | $26,712 | $83,380 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 38 | $30,502 | 10% below the national average | $19,960 | $109,215 |
| Inova Fair Oaks Hospital | 24 | $30,565 | 10% below the national average | $25,972 | $119,270 |
| Intermountain Medical Center | 31 | $30,626 | About average | $25,725 | $106,767 |
| Sovah Health Danville | 15 | $30,653 | About average | $23,441 | $300,668 |
| Memorial Regional Hospital | 11 | $30,656 | About average | $28,669 | $123,260 |
| HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center | 11 | $30,658 | About average | $23,933 | $261,301 |
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center | 29 | $30,744 | About average | $29,371 | $179,344 |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital | 67 | $30,883 | About average | $27,467 | $118,565 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 42 | $30,909 | About average | $21,717 | $172,631 |
| Waukesha Memorial Hospital | 29 | $30,930 | About average | $23,472 | $155,320 |
| Holyoke Medical Center | 26 | $30,943 | About average | $25,687 | $86,755 |
| Decatur Memorial Hospital | 12 | $30,947 | About average | $22,814 | $115,164 |
| Maple Grove Hospital | 15 | $30,958 | About average | $23,643 | $70,057 |
| M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital | 13 | $31,016 | About average | $23,606 | $101,545 |
| Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital | 23 | $31,042 | About average | $29,390 | $210,912 |
| Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | 12 | $31,047 | About average | $29,666 | $321,358 |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | 15 | $31,057 | About average | $28,358 | $108,765 |
| Chesapeake General Hospital | 41 | $31,108 | About average | $29,555 | $171,878 |
| University Of Kansas Hospital | 33 | $31,149 | About average | $26,937 | $187,518 |
| Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center | 26 | $31,180 | About average | $24,273 | $102,801 |
| Medical City Plano | 58 | $31,184 | About average | $25,241 | $573,462 |
| United Regional Health Care System | 11 | $31,201 | About average | $29,569 | $115,121 |
| Presbyterian Hospital | 29 | $31,225 | About average | $20,775 | $87,867 |
| Memorial Medical Center | 38 | $31,273 | About average | $25,423 | $188,810 |
| Moses H. Cone The Memorial Hospital | 15 | $31,306 | About average | $25,018 | $102,845 |
| Allina United Hospital | 22 | $31,321 | About average | $23,896 | $99,639 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 18 | $31,323 | About average | $29,078 | $168,336 |
| Valley Hospital | 18 | $31,371 | About average | $29,940 | $140,550 |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital | 29 | $31,390 | About average | $18,503 | $86,491 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 22 | $31,404 | About average | $22,733 | $105,468 |
| Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | 11 | $31,445 | About average | $29,784 | $99,632 |
| Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital | 21 | $31,454 | About average | $27,230 | $103,045 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc | 69 | $31,459 | About average | $28,943 | $241,309 |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital | 24 | $31,472 | About average | $26,842 | $223,481 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 11 | $31,514 | About average | $24,818 | $121,490 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | 29 | $31,532 | About average | $23,635 | $351,646 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital | 17 | $31,549 | About average | $29,339 | $121,318 |
| Billings Clinic Hospital | 54 | $31,554 | About average | $25,030 | $82,288 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | 11 | $31,557 | About average | $16,076 | $155,580 |
| Swedish Medical Center | 18 | $31,620 | About average | $26,033 | $447,738 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $32K | $133K |
| 2021 | $33K | $141K |
| 2022 | $34K | $149K |
| 2023 | $33K | $158K |
| 2024 | $34K | $167K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 8 | 136 | $25,680 | $23,598–$25,415 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 422 | $25,857 | $24,169–$27,162 |
| Kansas | 12 | 375 | $25,970 | $24,690–$28,676 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 86 | $26,197 | $24,125–$27,296 |
| Vermont | 1 | 35 | $26,442 | $26,442–$26,442 |
| Maine | 1 | 14 | $26,574 | $26,574–$26,574 |
| Alabama | 11 | 374 | $26,705 | $22,820–$25,270 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 172 | $27,829 | $25,036–$32,433 |
| Louisiana | 11 | 209 | $28,027 | $23,001–$32,848 |
| Iowa | 8 | 301 | $28,493 | $24,739–$26,853 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 142 | $28,731 | $25,809–$30,780 |
| Tennessee | 14 | 489 | $28,967 | $24,448–$31,678 |
| Florida | 48 | 1,270 | $29,337 | $26,184–$30,486 |
| Texas | 47 | 1,290 | $29,932 | $25,104–$33,347 |
| Missouri | 18 | 367 | $30,376 | $25,530–$31,017 |
| North Carolina | 22 | 581 | $30,523 | $26,220–$31,026 |
| Ohio | 29 | 875 | $30,575 | $26,818–$33,250 |
| Michigan | 18 | 509 | $30,829 | $26,943–$31,893 |
| Idaho | 6 | 96 | $31,030 | $28,070–$35,102 |
| South Carolina | 17 | 441 | $31,162 | $25,032–$35,416 |
| Montana | 4 | 115 | $31,215 | $30,262–$31,875 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 30 | $31,382 | $28,245–$32,337 |
| Arizona | 17 | 474 | $31,836 | $27,742–$33,457 |
| Indiana | 18 | 527 | $32,158 | $26,300–$37,534 |
| Pennsylvania | 35 | 971 | $32,284 | $26,847–$34,376 |
| Utah | 6 | 228 | $32,403 | $28,571–$30,587 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 81 | $32,539 | $28,698–$31,851 |
| Delaware | 1 | 146 | $32,779 | $32,779–$32,779 |
| Virginia | 22 | 631 | $32,891 | $27,600–$33,904 |
| Kentucky | 6 | 163 | $32,900 | $29,527–$35,084 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 177 | $32,992 | $28,959–$34,509 |
| Colorado | 9 | 192 | $33,087 | $28,748–$35,167 |
| Georgia | 20 | 471 | $33,354 | $27,736–$35,212 |
| Nevada | 4 | 75 | $34,565 | $34,321–$36,438 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 99 | $34,597 | $28,429–$34,599 |
| Illinois | 23 | 630 | $34,731 | $29,433–$41,901 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 45 | $35,210 | $34,027–$39,631 |
| New Jersey | 19 | 393 | $36,873 | $32,609–$38,482 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 89 | $37,152 | $33,882–$40,350 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 283 | $37,290 | $29,661–$33,938 |
| Oregon | 4 | 66 | $37,944 | $33,172–$43,924 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 645 | $38,887 | $33,472–$42,623 |
| Washington | 9 | 204 | $40,126 | $36,579–$39,611 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 215 | $41,002 | $38,648–$43,031 |
| Connecticut | 7 | 197 | $41,102 | $36,989–$44,072 |
| California | 43 | 1,144 | $44,401 | $37,168–$46,655 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 29 | $45,398 | $45,398–$45,398 |
| Alaska | 3 | 59 | $46,935 | $41,387–$51,354 |
| New York | 29 | 826 | $46,978 | $35,705–$47,377 |
| Maryland | 19 | 619 | $52,847 | $43,861–$59,357 |
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.