DRG

SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITH MCC

DRG Code: 459

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
710
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$60,891.78
Avg Total Payment ($)
$70,811.37
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$309,877.12
Number of Hospitals
46

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$35,580.08
25th Percentile
$46,128.71
Median
$59,353.53
75th Percentile
$67,158.69
Maximum
$138,789.91

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Nyu Langone Hospitals 41 $74,601.39
2 Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 23 $66,370.70
3 Ascension St Vincent Hospital 23 $53,073.26
4 Vanderbilt University Medical Center 22 $43,053.45
5 Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester 21 $77,795.29
6 Riverside Methodist Hospital 21 $48,236.95
7 Ucsf Medical Center 20 $95,963.05
8 University Of Alabama Hospital 19 $38,404.95
9 Northwestern Memorial Hospital 19 $48,854.53
10 Harborview Medical Center 19 $64,296.84
11 Brigham And Women's Hospital 18 $66,387.67
12 University Of Colorado Hospital Authority 17 $58,994.65
13 Norton Hospital / Norton Healthcare Pavilion / Nor 17 $46,128.71
14 Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health 17 $66,903.12
15 Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospit 16 $49,499.25
16 Rhode Island Hospital 16 $51,513.50
17 Inova Fairfax Hospital 16 $62,864.38
18 Christianacare 15 $46,971.07
19 Johns Hopkins Hospital, The 15 $83,630.20
20 University Of California Davis Medical Center 14 $96,788.64

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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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