US Health Care Costs

Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc in Ohio

MS-DRG 472: Cervical spinal fusion with cc

$103,534typical hospital bill
$24,942typical amount paid
$18,202–$35,861range paid across 23 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $103,534 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Institute for Orthopaedic SurgeryLima13$92,245$18,202
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta19$103,534$19,708
University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterBeachwood11$73,325$19,786
Metrohealth SystemCleveland16$58,975$20,004
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights21$79,341$20,637
Christ HospitalCincinnati28$71,331$21,652
Akron General Medical CenterAkron14$94,790$21,750
Kettering Health Main CampusKettering22$168,162$23,464
Lutheran HospitalCleveland12$84,085$24,330
Miami Valley HospitalDayton16$137,795$24,596
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo17$177,691$24,768
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical CenterLima13$167,599$24,942
Bethesda NorthCincinnati16$62,034$25,354
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus45$115,041$25,803
Grant Medical CenterColumbus32$142,236$26,016
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati11$104,161$26,367
Cleveland ClinicCleveland45$84,036$27,274
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo27$143,988$27,397
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical HospitalNew Albany18$97,342$28,484
Summa Health SystemAkron23$92,396$28,660
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus28$137,576$29,603
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland24$107,107$30,429
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati16$165,609$35,861

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.