Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Insertion of artificial upper spine disc, anterior
Low
$10
Average
$22.0k
Median
$18.5k
High
$88.5k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
854 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 12.8× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $10.1k | $8.4k | $2.4k | 29% | 3–30 | $4.9k – $10.1k |
| 2 | The Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $7.2k | $6.4k | $1.2k | 19% | 3–30 | $4.7k – $7.2k |
| 3 | BETHESDA HOSPITAL BOYNTON BEACH, FL case rate · outpatient | 2 | $13.2k | $13.2k | $626 | 5% | 2–20 | $12.5k – $13.8k |
| 4 | Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, FL facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $22.2k | $21.8k | $890 | 4% | 2–20 | $20.0k – $22.2k |
| 5 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $22.6k | $22.6k | $2.5k | 11% | 2–20 | $20.1k – $25.1k |
| 6 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $20.4k | $20.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $20.4k – $20.4k |
| 7 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $210 | $450 | $450 | 100% | 2–20 | $78 – $1.3k |
| 8 | The Mercy Hospital Inc Springfield, MA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $17.6k | $17.6k | — | — | 2–20 | $17.6k – $17.6k |
| 9 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Webster, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 5 | $754 | $843 | $174 | 21% | 2–20 | $745 – $1.2k |
| 10 | BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL Delray Beach, FL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 11 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $60.6k | $60.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $60.6k – $60.6k |
| 12 | Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa Corp Des Moines, IA facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $17.9k | $17.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $17.9k – $17.9k |
| 13 | Cumberland County Hospital System Inc Fayetteville, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $7.4k | $7.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $7.4k – $7.4k |
| 14 | HH HEALTH SYSTEM DEKALB REGIONAL Payne, AL fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $22.6k | $22.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $22.6k – $22.6k |
| 15 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $24 | 1% | 1–10 | $3.6k – $3.7k |
| 16 | Mat-Su Valley Medical Center LLC Palmer, AK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $85.6k | $85.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $85.6k – $85.6k |
| 17 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $18.2k | $18.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $18.2k – $18.2k |
| 18 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $21.9k | $21.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $21.9k – $21.9k |
| 19 | Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato 56001-4752 facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $19.1k | $19.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $19.1k – $19.1k |
| 20 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $13.5k | $13.5k | $3.7k | 27% | 1–10 | $9.8k – $17.1k |
| 21 | ST ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL OF THE HOSPITAL SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST FRANCIS O'Fallon, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $13.6k | $13.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $13.6k – $13.6k |
| 22 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $18.0k | $17.8k | $1.2k | 7% | 1–10 | $11.0k – $18.0k |
| 23 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $13.5k | $13.5k | $3.7k | 27% | 1–10 | $9.8k – $17.1k |
| 24 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID other · outpatient | 2 | $13.6k | $13.4k | $4.7k | 35% | 1–10 | $7.6k – $19.1k |
| 25 | St. Charles Bend Bend, OR fee schedule · both | 2 | $72.5k | $72.5k | $5.9k | 8% | 1–10 | $66.6k – $78.4k |
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