US Health Care Costs

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

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

$128,871typical hospital bill
$38,862typical amount paid
$36,131–$54,668range paid across 10 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $128,871 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 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
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield HospitalW Bloomfield22$125,719$36,131
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviSouthfield16$78,814$37,649
Beaumont Hospital Royal OakRoyal Oak21$162,192$37,786
Henry Ford Allegiance HealthJackson15$149,314$38,088
Bronson Methodist HospitalKalamazoo11$86,355$38,560
Trinity Health Oakland HospitalPontiac14$115,582$39,164
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalAnn Arbor19$100,083$43,691
University of Michigan Health - WestWyoming22$132,023$47,601
Spectrum HealthGrand Rapids16$145,488$49,285
Henry Ford Health HospitalDetroit12$152,253$54,668

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.