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
MS-DRG 42.00: BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT SPINAL FUSION WITH MCC OR DISC DEVICE OR NEUROSTIMULATOR
Glendale, AZ
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Banner Thunderbird Medical Center’s median price of $35.6k is 6% above the median hospital's median price ($33.6k), higher than 57% of the 1,994 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 518. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 2, 2026
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