US Health Care Costs

Single Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical Without Mcc in Pennsylvania

MS-DRG 451: Single level spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Jefferson Abington HospitalAbington–––$29,143$47,329$31,144–$67,147 · 19 plans
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown––––$59,824$28,609–$71,066 · 19 plans
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia–––$38,201$67,975$35,124–$99,387 · 18 plans
Upmc Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh––––$44,550$11,751–$77,791 · 8 plans

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.