DRG

SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC

DRG Code: 460

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Key Metrics

Total Discharges
26,777
Avg Medicare Payment ($)
$27,654.89
Avg Total Payment ($)
$33,491.80
Avg Covered Charge ($)
$158,285.66
Number of Hospitals
823

Payment Range (Avg Medicare Payment)

Minimum
$10,670.73
25th Percentile
$22,951.97
Median
$25,268.07
75th Percentile
$29,244.47
Maximum
$105,225.86

Top 20 Hospitals by Discharges

Rank Hospital Discharges Avg Medicare Payment
1 Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, Llc 248 $19,840.89
2 Christianacare 200 $28,536.60
3 Medstar Georgetown University Hospital 191 $32,818.79
4 Hospital For Special Surgery 174 $32,989.31
5 Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester 168 $34,030.87
6 Sarasota Memorial Hospital 153 $23,073.97
7 Cleveland Clinic 143 $27,863.13
8 Massachusetts General Hospital 136 $37,312.51
9 Oklahoma Spine Hospital 133 $19,445.03
10 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 132 $39,004.80
11 Beaumont Hospital, Troy 132 $22,197.88
12 Brigham And Women's Hospital 126 $37,429.49
13 Johns Hopkins Hospital, The 125 $56,298.58
14 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 125 $32,401.96
15 Baylor Scott & White Texas Spine & Joint Hospital 125 $20,239.76
16 Nyu Langone Hospitals 124 $46,684.70
17 South Texas Spine And Surgical Hospital 119 $20,399.14
18 University Of Maryland Medical Center 112 $67,189.34
19 Rush University Medical Center 111 $38,308.39
20 Pennsylvania Hospital 111 $32,073.00

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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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