US Health Care Costs

Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc in California

MS-DRG 455: Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion without cc/mcc

$223,110typical hospital bill
$51,582typical amount paid
$25,204–$75,082range paid across 42 hospitals

California hospitals billed Medicare a typical $223,110 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Palomar Health Downtown CampusEscondido37$186,199$25,204
Usc Arcadia HospitalArcadia19$198,011$39,810
Fresno Surgical HospitalFresno40$91,404$42,675
Saint John's Health CenterSanta Monica19$149,838$43,754
Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorrance23$169,673$44,131
Scripps Memorial Hospital La JollaLa Jolla13$448,368$44,141
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del Rey25$243,354$44,399
Adventist Health BakersfieldBakersfield12$314,769$45,186
Hoag Orthopedic InstituteIrvine55$193,091$45,261
Mercy Medical Center ReddingRedding22$235,959$46,701
Huntington HospitalPasadena50$214,108$46,876
Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta Barbara23$221,221$47,411
Providence Mission HospitalMission Viejo15$218,638$47,433
Mercy General HospitalSacramento23$334,262$48,277
San Ramon Regional Medical CenterSan Ramon11$384,345$48,324
Sequoia HospitalRedwood City13$218,530$50,484
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyPleasanton27$216,880$51,012
Providence St. Joseph HospitalOrange19$182,384$51,081
Kaweah Health Medical CenterVisalia35$156,807$51,216
Community Regional Medical CenterFresno18$197,085$51,275
Novato Community HospitalNovato25$244,352$51,532
Marinhealth Medical CenterGreenbrae12$436,054$51,632
Adventist Health SonoraSonora18$382,092$51,826
Memorialcare Long Beach Medical CenterLong Beach19$214,764$52,048
John Muir Medical Center - Walnut Creek CampusWalnut Creek20$469,438$52,965
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalSanta Rosa12$352,029$53,497
Grossmont HospitalLa Mesa11$279,428$54,816
Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho Mirage23$224,998$55,161
Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento23$218,233$55,236
Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles42$550,768$55,269
Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton14$165,114$55,981
Community Hospital of the Monterey PeninsulaMonterey25$210,757$57,467
Keck Hospital of UscLos Angeles12$195,745$59,146
Scripps Green HospitalLa Jolla69$372,600$59,500
Los Robles Hospital & Medical CenterThousand Oaks27$842,283$59,901
Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville20$204,807$60,337
Uc San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med CtrSan Diego19$307,311$62,378
El Camino HealthMountain View38$512,392$63,764
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta Rosa16$207,395$64,532
Ucsf Medical CenterSan Francisco29$301,195$74,582
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness CampusSan Francisco11$229,751$74,603
Stanford Health CareStanford26$434,822$75,082

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.