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Single Level Spinal Fusion (MCC or Custom Device)

California rates for MS-DRG 450

Single Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with MCC or Custom-made Anatomically Designed Interbody Fusion Device

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Single Level Spinal Fusion (MCC or Custom Device) cost?

$95,499

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95,499 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38,019 to $158,489.

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 $95,499 · 10th to 90th $14,454 to $194,984
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $95,499

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
$104,712.85
Typical High
$194,984.46
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169,824.37
Typical High
$223,872.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39,810.72
Median
$100,000.00
Typical High
$239,883.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$109,647.82
Typical High
$269,153.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$177,827.94

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.5 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· 17th of 51

$95,499

VT $138,038MI $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.