Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) in Missouri

MS-DRG 460: Spinal fusion except cervical without mcc

$128,530typical hospital bill

$28,056typical amount paid

$22,829–$42,913range paid across 18 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $128,530 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Boone Hospital Center	Columbia	22	$80,257	$22,829
Cox Medical Centers	Springfield	27	$117,327	$24,304
Nkc Health	North Kansas City	14	$134,696	$24,906
Missouri Baptist Medical Center	Saint Louis	16	$121,334	$25,259
Mercy Hospital South	Saint Louis	11	$66,185	$25,489
Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital	Saint Peters	14	$122,364	$25,651
Mercy Hospital Springfield	Springfield	26	$75,711	$26,360
Liberty Hospital	Liberty	11	$170,598	$26,510
St Lukes Hospital	Chesterfield	15	$84,336	$27,972
Mercy Hospital St Louis	Saint Louis	29	$79,566	$28,141
Mercy Hospital Southeast	Cape Girardeau	14	$206,270	$28,798
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital	Creve Coeur	18	$114,487	$29,560
Research Medical Center	Kansas City	19	$250,736	$30,100
University of Missouri Health Care	Columbia	18	$168,336	$31,323
Saint Francis Medical Center	Cape Girardeau	27	$288,659	$33,291
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City	Kansas City	14	$140,683	$36,299
Barnes Jewish Hospital	Saint Louis	61	$164,608	$39,911
Ssm Health Saint Louis University Hospital	Saint Louis	11	$166,591	$42,913

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.