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 -CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC;APR DRG -SPINAL FUSION AND OTHER BACK AND NECK PROCEDURES EXCEPT FOR DISC PROCEDURES;SOI -Major
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $20.5k is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($27.0k), higher than 15% of the 2,119 hospitals reporting MS-DRG 472. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 8 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Humana all payor case rate · inpatient | $19,520 | $19,520 | $19,520 – $19,520 |
| 2 | Aetna all payor case rate · inpatient | $19,539 | $19,539 | $19,539 – $19,539 |
| 3 | Optum all payor case rate · inpatient | $19,539 | $19,539 | $19,539 – $19,539 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor case rate · inpatient | $20,515 | $20,515 | $20,515 – $20,515 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor case rate · inpatient | $22,511 | $22,511 | $22,511 – $22,511 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor case rate · inpatient | $29,766 | $29,766 | $29,766 – $29,766 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · inpatient | $32,357 | $32,357 | $19,538 – $45,176 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · inpatient | $41,294 | $38,127 | $19,538 – $44,255 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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