US Health Care Costs

Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc in Michigan

MS-DRG 472: Cervical spinal fusion with cc

$83,023typical hospital bill
$26,295typical amount paid
$22,464–$34,023range paid across 15 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,023 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Beaumont Hospital, TroyTroy31$89,804$22,464
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo16$52,093$23,325
Trinity Health Muskegon HospitalMuskegon17$74,100$24,686
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield37$68,517$24,849
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak28$83,023$24,933
Henry Ford Health Warren HospitalWarren19$71,377$25,565
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids29$89,908$26,274
Munson Medical CenterTraverse City13$63,995$26,295
Uphs Marquette Dlp HospitalMarquette13$207,007$27,046
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor14$95,274$27,650
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield19$68,236$27,946
Beaumont Hospital - DearbornDearborn18$114,734$28,187
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming16$79,860$29,735
University of Michigan Health SystemAnn Arbor44$127,354$31,208
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit13$105,575$34,023

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.