US Health Care Costs

Cervical Spinal Fusion with Mcc in New York

MS-DRG 471: Cervical spinal fusion with mcc

$383,468typical hospital bill
$65,761typical amount paid
$60,776–$83,676range paid across 3 hospitals

New York hospitals billed Medicare a typical $383,468 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York12$383,468$60,776
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York11$343,954$65,761
Nyu Langone HospitalsNew York17$507,222$83,676

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.