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 19 hospitals: $36,873National $34,025 · New Jersey $36,873
Median hospital: $36,919
Lowest to highest: $29,160–$41,417
Medicare stays: 393

19 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
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · CCN 310022	12	$29,160	14% below the national average	$27,588	$299,281
University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · CCN 310010	16	$30,176	11% below the national average	$28,529	$116,319
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · CCN 310057	12	$31,047	About average	$29,666	$321,358
Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · CCN 310012	18	$31,371	About average	$29,940	$140,550
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · CCN 310064	14	$31,787	About average	$30,010	$170,403
Hudson Regional HospitalSecaucus, NJ · CCN 310118	12	$33,432	About average	$31,800	$308,934
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	11	$35,010	About average	$29,205	$178,335
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034	24	$35,171	About average	$23,674	$129,532
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	11	$36,625	About average	$34,112	$165,859
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	29	$36,919	About average	$31,125	$416,286
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	15	$37,428	10% above the national average	$34,704	$170,320
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · CCN 310073	41	$37,948	12% above the national average	$27,943	$135,258
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076	34	$37,976	12% above the national average	$30,100	$170,900
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038	18	$38,109	12% above the national average	$30,468	$171,022
Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · CCN 310052	15	$38,856	14% above the national average	$28,881	$124,947
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	13	$39,852	17% above the national average	$24,613	$125,312
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015	51	$40,147	18% above the national average	$29,931	$160,263
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051	20	$40,550	19% above the national average	$29,296	$152,775
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ · CCN 310075	27	$41,417	22% above the national average	$28,654	$144,356

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.