US Health Care Costs

Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 473: Cervical spinal fusion without cc/mcc

$174,712average hospital bill
$17,209average amount paid

One Kentucky hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $174,712, about 10.2 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Baptist Health PaducahPaducah20$174,712$17,209

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.