US Health Care Costs

Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc in California

MS-DRG 454: Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion with cc

$310,917typical hospital bill
$68,941typical amount paid
$44,829–$107,427range paid across 44 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $310,917 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia12$231,743$44,829
Fresno Surgical HospitalFresno79$99,770$54,765
Hoag Orthopedic InstituteIrvine52$279,504$57,080
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica20$247,934$58,205
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance13$194,350$58,506
Huntington HospitalPasadena49$280,359$61,347
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla17$580,315$61,424
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo35$267,206$61,745
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding20$268,580$61,887
Adventist Health Sierra VistaSan Luis Obispo18$521,970$62,488
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey17$346,481$62,622
Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael12$218,517$63,952
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon19$634,694$64,673
Glendale Adventist Medical CenterGlendale15$347,193$66,498
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks43$938,126$67,145
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton33$260,155$67,249
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage12$283,166$67,280
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno14$251,546$67,737
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia32$144,315$67,984
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach20$369,856$68,060
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae13$471,235$68,404
Adventist Health SonoraSonora14$465,996$68,788
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange68$200,486$69,094
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach18$266,354$69,515
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey24$199,725$69,916
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton16$181,305$72,146
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara23$247,121$74,857
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville15$321,284$75,428
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa11$210,882$76,098
Northbay Medical CenterFairfield14$694,696$76,652
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles134$710,617$77,362
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla82$481,623$78,449
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek16$643,675$80,638
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles65$312,453$81,978
El Camino HealthMountain View22$680,333$82,465
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento45$292,578$82,772
Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic HospitalSanta Monica13$309,380$83,871
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco16$285,422$84,707
University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento43$517,781$93,756
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego45$451,322$94,250
Stanford Health CareStanford106$555,771$95,308
Uci Health-OrangeOrange23$418,615$95,362
Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose20$1,185,207$96,675
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco134$551,579$107,427

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.