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: $27,89282% of the payment
Average billed charge: $167,448
Hospitals reporting: 65618,008 stays

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Average payment across these 23 hospitals: $34,731National $34,025 · Illinois $34,731
Median hospital: $31,273
Lowest to highest: $24,577–$73,852
Medicare stays: 630

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

Medicare payments per case for Spinal fusion except cervical without MCC by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin, IL · CCN 140217	11	$24,577	28% below the national average	$19,034	$160,283
Elmhurst Memorial HospitalElmhurst, IL · CCN 140200	54	$26,111	23% below the national average	$24,539	$133,387
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva, IL · CCN 140211	23	$27,975	18% below the national average	$26,261	$143,570
Carle Health Methodist HospitalPeoria, IL · CCN 140209	23	$28,832	15% below the national average	$26,516	$178,199
St Johns HospitalSpringfield, IL · CCN 140053	17	$29,123	14% below the national average	$25,139	$130,699
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth HinsdaleHinsdale, IL · CCN 140122	14	$29,279	14% below the national average	$27,364	$151,723
Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1Elk Grove Village, IL · CCN 140258	45	$29,586	13% below the national average	$24,890	$117,728
Carle Bromenn Medical CenterNormal, IL · CCN 140127	23	$29,881	12% below the national average	$23,413	$95,726
Northwest Community Hospital 1Arlington Heights, IL · CCN 140252	33	$29,918	12% below the national average	$21,955	$118,613
NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston HospitalEvanston, IL · CCN 140010	67	$30,883	About average	$27,467	$118,565
Decatur Memorial HospitalDecatur, IL · CCN 140135	12	$30,947	About average	$22,814	$115,164
Memorial Medical CenterSpringfield, IL · CCN 140148	38	$31,273	About average	$25,423	$188,810
HSHS St Elizabeth's HospitalO Fallon, IL · CCN 140187	22	$31,404	About average	$22,733	$105,468
Saint Joseph Medical CenterJoliet, IL · CCN 140007	17	$32,867	About average	$23,078	$155,265
Edward HospitalNaperville, IL · CCN 140231	40	$32,930	About average	$21,687	$126,824
Advocate Good Samaritan HospitalDowners Grove, IL · CCN 140288	21	$38,568	13% above the national average	$23,383	$134,912
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge, IL · CCN 140223	15	$40,492	19% above the national average	$26,455	$82,874
Memorial Hospital Of CarbondaleCarbondale, IL · CCN 140164	11	$43,309	27% above the national average	$26,529	$211,443
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights, IL · CCN 140062	12	$44,176	30% above the national average	$18,148	$134,183
Northwestern Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140281	23	$44,663	31% above the national average	$31,011	$215,128
Rush University Medical CenterChicago, IL · CCN 140119	74	$45,383	33% above the national average	$37,889	$111,268
Saint Francis Medical CenterPeoria, IL · CCN 140067	24	$48,545	43% above the national average	$26,409	$202,567
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · CCN 140242	11	$73,852	117% above the national average	$25,319	$350,378

National trend

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

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2020: 32,715 stays at 946 hospitals · 2021: 28,014 stays at 835 hospitals · 2022: 29,798 stays at 881 hospitals · 2023: 26,777 stays at 823 hospitals · 2024: 18,008 stays at 656 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Spinal fusion except cervical without MCC
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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Average payment by state for Spinal fusion except cervical without MCC, 2024
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

CMS splits many procedures by how sick the patient was: “with MCC” means a major complication or comorbidity, “with CC” a lesser one.

Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensiveMS-DRG 456 · $122,272 average
Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensiveMS-DRG 457 · $65,757 average
Spinal fusion except cervical with spinal curvature, malignancy, infection or extensiveMS-DRG 458 · $41,355 average
Spinal fusion except cervical with MCCMS-DRG 459 · $68,211 average

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.