DRG

COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC

DRG Code: 455

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
15,538
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$34,163.05
Avg Total Payment ($)
$40,948.98
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$194,527.73
Number of Hospitals
561

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$16,637.97
25th Percentile
$29,144.73
Median
$32,243.68
75th Percentile
$37,893.14
Maximum
$106,739.36

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Specialists Hospital Shreveport 171 $25,795.75
2 Oklahoma Spine Hospital 144 $26,096.28
3 Penrose Hospital 118 $31,156.90
4 Hospital For Special Surgery 115 $43,999.43
5 Huntsville Hospital 112 $26,948.84
6 Duke Health Raleigh Hospital 109 $31,748.16
7 The Spine Hospital Of Louisiana 106 $25,550.37
8 Christianacare 105 $35,598.94
9 Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 99 $37,454.21
10 St Mary's Hospital 99 $33,046.49
11 Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc 98 $24,919.03
12 Nebraska Spine Hospital, Llc 95 $27,778.77
13 Christ Hospital 93 $31,768.81
14 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 89 $40,654.29
15 Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health 88 $32,720.31
16 Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital 86 $26,163.79
17 Boone Hospital Center 83 $25,885.60
18 Hoag Orthopedic Institute 80 $36,722.65
19 Mercy Medical Center Inc 80 $36,581.25
20 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 77 $50,764.79

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Methodology

Data source: Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (DRG) (dataset ID: inpatient-by-drg). Vintage: 2023. Downloaded: 2026-04-13. Rows in source: 146,427.

Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service reports charges and payments for hospital inpatient stays by DRG (Diagnosis Related Group). Payment amounts reflect what Medicare actually paid, while covered charges are the hospital's list price before adjustments.

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