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.
Original text from hospital filings
Back & neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim
Low
$1.3k
Average
$30.5k
Median
$22.8k
High
$59.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Providence Health System - Southern California Mission Hills, CA | $14.2k | $14.2k | — | — | — | $14.2k – $14.2k |
| 2 | St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA | $11.0k | $11.0k | $1k | 9% | — | $10.0k – $12.0k |
| 3 | St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA | $12.0k | $12.0k | $1.1k | 9% | — | $10.9k – $13.1k |
| 4 | Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA | $11.2k | $11.2k | $1.0k | 9% | — | $10.1k – $12.2k |
| 5 | St Mary Medical Center Apple Valley, CA | $12.3k | $12.3k | $1.1k | 9% | — | $11.2k – $13.4k |
| 6 | St Joseph Health Northern California LLC Santa Rosa, CA | $18.2k | $18.4k | $2.7k | 15% | — | $15.2k – $21.8k |
| 7 | St Joseph Health Northern California LLC Napa, CA | $16.5k | $16.6k | $2.5k | 15% | — | $13.7k – $19.8k |
| 8 | St Joseph Health Northern California LLC Eureka, CA | $21.2k | $21.2k | $1.9k | 9% | — | $19.3k – $23.1k |
| 9 | NorCal HealthConnect LLC Petaluma, CA | $16.9k | $17.1k | $2.5k | 15% | — | $14.1k – $20.3k |
| 10 | St Joseph Health Northern California LLC Fortuna, CA | $21.1k | $21.1k | $1.9k | 9% | — | $19.2k – $23.0k |
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