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

Hospitals in Pennsylvania

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Average payment across these 35 hospitals: $32,284National $34,025 · Pennsylvania $32,284
Median hospital: $29,527
Lowest to highest: $19,649–$43,182
Medicare stays: 971

35 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
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City, PA · CCN 390338	11	$19,649	42% below the national average	$17,014	$153,355
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · CCN 390037	32	$23,691	30% below the national average	$21,139	$45,616
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	14	$23,818	30% below the national average	$22,186	$125,434
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390107	43	$24,117	29% below the national average	$22,508	$131,576
Pottstown HospitalPottstown, PA · CCN 390123	11	$25,404	25% below the national average	$24,069	$138,175
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · CCN 390203	11	$25,472	25% below the national average	$23,975	$71,145
St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusSellersville, PA · CCN 390057	19	$25,846	24% below the national average	$24,214	$80,910
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA · CCN 390322	13	$25,925	24% below the national average	$24,293	$95,273
Paoli HospitalPaoli, PA · CCN 390153	26	$26,627	22% below the national average	$22,916	$114,050
Excela Health Latrobe HospitalLatrobe, PA · CCN 390219	14	$27,067	20% below the national average	$25,080	$36,824
Chester County HospitalWest Chester, PA · CCN 390179	44	$27,102	20% below the national average	$25,581	$118,721
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster, PA · CCN 390100	24	$27,402	19% below the national average	$25,726	$77,448
UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390102	27	$27,788	18% below the national average	$25,750	$191,233
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr, PA · CCN 390139	28	$27,918	18% below the national average	$26,236	$89,865
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia, PA · CCN 390222	17	$28,392	17% below the national average	$23,416	$124,333
Surgical Institute Of ReadingWyomissing, PA · CCN 390316	19	$29,017	15% below the national average	$27,557	$158,006
UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg, PA · CCN 390067	48	$29,478	13% below the national average	$25,282	$87,114
Wellspan Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg, PA · CCN 390151	22	$29,527	13% below the national average	$25,454	$97,078
Wellspan York HospitalYork, PA · CCN 390046	14	$29,803	12% below the national average	$27,914	$175,219
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington, PA · CCN 390231	15	$31,674	About average	$22,774	$88,627
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · CCN 390195	20	$31,783	About average	$29,782	$90,293
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA · CCN 390268	11	$32,045	About average	$30,403	$109,948
UPMC HamotErie, PA · CCN 390063	12	$32,603	About average	$24,894	$162,791
UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390028	25	$33,315	About average	$27,860	$164,299
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · CCN 390133	42	$33,891	About average	$27,505	$254,011
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390226	75	$34,029	About average	$31,782	$146,635
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical CenterCamp Hill, PA · CCN 390004	11	$34,723	About average	$21,528	$251,860
UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, PA · CCN 390164	55	$35,070	About average	$30,231	$255,373
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · CCN 390006	25	$36,054	About average	$30,428	$292,368
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · CCN 390256	34	$36,142	About average	$33,738	$211,499
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390050	24	$36,267	About average	$26,176	$122,351
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390223	35	$38,248	12% above the national average	$34,072	$197,334
St Lukes HospitalBethlehem, PA · CCN 390049	29	$39,462	16% above the national average	$26,744	$279,020
Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390111	41	$42,299	24% above the national average	$35,279	$162,798
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390174	80	$43,182	27% above the national average	$30,883	$153,409

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.