Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in Michigan

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$104,829typical hospital bill

$29,708typical amount paid

$24,155–$43,378range paid across 18 hospitals

Michigan hospitals billed Medicare a typical $104,829 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
McLaren Bay Region	Bay City	13	$78,850	$24,155
Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital	Rochester	12	$85,182	$25,429
Oaklawn Hospital	Marshall	16	$89,300	$25,646
Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital	W Bloomfield	23	$106,328	$26,227
Beaumont Hospital, Troy	Troy	105	$101,779	$26,651
Covenant Medical Center	Saginaw	11	$70,069	$27,817
Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe	Grosse Pointe	11	$158,242	$28,365
Edward W Sparrow Hospital	Lansing	12	$129,987	$28,841
Bronson Methodist Hospital	Kalamazoo	53	$64,306	$29,454
Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi	Southfield	14	$79,384	$29,962
University of Michigan Health - West	Wyoming	21	$115,350	$30,419
Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital	Marquette	23	$210,912	$31,042
Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital	Muskegon	21	$103,045	$31,454
Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak	Royal Oak	67	$111,838	$32,039
Spectrum Health	Grand Rapids	57	$103,331	$35,141
Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital	Ann Arbor	13	$114,097	$42,803
Henry Ford Health Hospital	Detroit	14	$111,686	$42,810
University of Michigan Health System	Ann Arbor	23	$157,537	$43,378

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.