Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$74,936typical hospital bill

$37,501typical amount paid

$29,370–$44,521range paid across 17 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,936 for this stay in 2024, about 2.0 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
South Shore Hospital	South Weymouth	16	$73,350	$29,370
Southcoast Hospitals Group	Fall River	14	$99,834	$30,129
Holyoke Medical Center	Holyoke	26	$86,755	$30,943
North Shore Medical Center -	Salem	26	$74,936	$32,902
Newton-Wellesley Hospital	Newton	30	$82,766	$33,472
New England Baptist Hospital	Boston	121	$79,644	$33,607
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital	Lawrence	13	$70,958	$34,297
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital	Jamaica Plain	24	$56,442	$34,362
Cape Cod Hospital	Hyannis	14	$55,501	$37,501
Baystate Medical Center	Springfield	22	$62,159	$38,229
Lowell General Hospital	Lowell	12	$88,742	$40,195
Tufts Medical Center	Boston	22	$52,433	$42,104
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington	Burlington	27	$58,977	$42,623
Massachusetts General Hospital	Boston	106	$133,105	$43,655
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	Boston	31	$53,475	$43,935
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus	Worcester	20	$144,856	$44,374
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	121	$124,550	$44,521

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.