US Health Care Costs

Cervical Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc in Michigan

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

$68,910typical hospital bill
$20,497typical amount paid
$17,734–$23,043range paid across 6 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $68,910 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield11$74,961$17,734
Oaklawn HospitalMarshall16$90,735$18,074
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield18$47,853$20,344
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak13$81,793$20,650
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo13$43,318$21,428
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming14$62,860$23,043

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.