US Health Care Costs

Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc in Ohio

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

$188,966typical hospital bill
$54,578typical amount paid
$32,514–$73,162range paid across 19 hospitals

Ohio hospitals billed Medicare a typical $188,966 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta12$157,184$32,514
Bethesda NorthCincinnati29$115,245$43,065
Christ HospitalCincinnati96$188,966$45,168
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin19$195,425$46,024
Promedica Toledo HospitalToledo23$180,352$46,386
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights13$126,425$47,937
Miami Valley HospitalDayton30$259,179$49,368
Lutheran HospitalCleveland45$101,159$49,879
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati33$168,477$52,504
The Jewish Hospital-Mercy HealthCincinnati31$234,327$54,578
Mount Carmel St Ann'sWesterville17$189,996$56,867
Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical HospitalNew Albany13$142,321$59,173
Summa Health SystemAkron24$200,736$59,332
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus85$155,005$59,420
Uh Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland26$243,241$59,567
Ohio State University State Health SystemColumbus55$249,375$61,835
Cleveland ClinicCleveland39$160,176$63,950
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, LLCCincinnati24$259,259$71,085
Grant Medical CenterColumbus23$191,801$73,162

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.