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Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications

California rates for MS-DRG 473

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications cost?

$66,069

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66,069 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $34,674 to $70,795.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66,069 · 10th to 90th $14,454 to $89,125
$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $66,069

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
$8,709.64
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$77,624.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$89,125.09
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$40,738.03
Typical High
$81,283.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$47,863.01
Typical High
$81,283.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87,096.36
Median
$87,096.36
Typical High
$87,096.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29,512.09
Median
$54,954.09
Typical High
$87,096.36
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$34,673.69
Typical High
$81,283.05

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in New Mexico. 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· 1st of 51

$66,069

CA $66,069NM $19,498

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.