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Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical (without MCC)

California rates for MS-DRG 448

Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without MCC

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multiple Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical (without MCC) cost?

$81,283

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81,283 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38,019 to $125,893.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81,283 · 10th to 90th $14,454 to $147,911
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $81,283

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$91,201.08
Typical High
$147,910.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128,824.96
Typical High
$169,824.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$190,546.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46,773.51
Median
$89,125.09
Typical High
$204,173.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$134,896.29

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Vermont than in Michigan. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 13th of 51

$81,283

VT $109,648MI $21,380

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.