Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in Maryland

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$55,732typical hospital bill

$50,060typical amount paid

$32,528–$81,911range paid across 19 hospitals

Maryland hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,732 for this stay in 2024, about 1.1 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
University of Md St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	88	$36,379	$32,528
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc	Annapolis	28	$37,343	$34,727
Mercy Medical Center Inc	Baltimore	22	$47,853	$41,810
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	11	$44,858	$41,935
Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc	Salisbury	13	$46,825	$41,951
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	20	$51,848	$45,771
Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center	Rosedale	21	$54,236	$48,320
Suburban Hospital	Bethesda	11	$53,900	$48,679
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital	Baltimore	60	$55,732	$49,382
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	33	$54,065	$50,060
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	21	$58,915	$51,743
Medstar Montgomery Medical Center	Olney	31	$60,942	$53,828
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr, Inc	Lanham	11	$59,795	$56,417
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	84	$66,362	$58,829
University of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	18	$63,884	$59,884
Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	39	$74,677	$66,570
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	81	$77,543	$70,846
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	12	$87,560	$75,981
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center	Upper Marlboro	15	$84,460	$81,911

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.