How much does multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC cost in Florida?
CPT 448 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Florida.
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448 Multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC
⚠ bare numeric assumed MS-DRG; verify
Market typical price
$40,385
70 facilities · typical range $36,545 – $47,770 · 1.3× Medicare IPPS
Typical
$40,385
Medicare $30,859
$9,475 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $131,317
What Medicare pays
$30,859
Market typical
$40,385
Cash / self-pay price
$48,668
Prices near you — 70 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) [Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute] lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $9,475negotiated | 0.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $17,772negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $19,155negotiated | 0.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center (Tenet, West Palm Beach) | Hospital | $20,167negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $25,219negotiated | 0.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $25,672negotiated | 0.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Baptist Gulf Breeze Hospital [ORTHO-FOCUSED: Andrews Institute] | Hospital | $28,843negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Baptist Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $31,463negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| UF Health The Villages Hospital | Hospital | $32,972negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital | Hospital | $33,023negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.5% |
| HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital | Hospital | $33,798negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| UF Health St. Johns – Flagler Hospital (St. Augustine) | Hospital | $34,979negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $35,201negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital (Stuart) | Hospital | $35,559negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| Halifax Health Medical Center (Daytona Beach) | Hospital | $36,181negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| HCA Florida Oviedo Medical Center | Hospital | $36,201negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| HCA Florida Blake Hospital (Bradenton) | Hospital | $36,536negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida West Hospital (Pensacola) | Hospital | $36,548negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital (Sanford) | Hospital | $36,651negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida UCF Lake Nona Hospital (Orlando) | Hospital | $36,695negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida South Tampa Hospital | Hospital | $37,018negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare | Hospital | $37,116negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
| AdventHealth Orlando (incl. Altamonte Springs, Celebration, Winter Park, East Orlando, Apopka, Kissimmee campuses – one CCN/MRF) | Hospital | $37,234negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital (Tallahassee) | Hospital | $37,253negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| HCA Florida Northside Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $37,352negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital (Atlantis) | Hospital | $37,802negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Broward Health Coral Springs | Hospital | $37,861negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4% |
| Lee Health Cape Coral Hospital | Hospital | $37,942cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.6% |
| HCA Florida North Florida Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $38,154negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 2.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston Hospital | Hospital | $38,303negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Ocala Hospital | Hospital | $38,379negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 6.2% |
| HCA Florida Palms West Hospital (Loxahatchee) | Hospital | $38,479negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mayo Clinic Florida (Jacksonville) | Hospital | $39,337negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| HCA Florida Northwest Hospital (Margate) | Hospital | $40,109negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (UHS, Bradenton) | Hospital | $40,285negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Wellington Regional Medical Center (UHS) | Hospital | $40,385negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital | Hospital | $40,469negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital Miramar | Hospital | $40,785negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital (Hudson) | Hospital | $40,792negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| HCA Florida Trinity Hospital | Hospital | $41,300negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $41,695negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.1% |
| Memorial Hospital West (Pembroke Pines) | Hospital | $42,234negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood) | Hospital | $42,566negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation) | Hospital | $42,868negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| HCA Florida Largo Hospital | Hospital | $43,414negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | Hospital | $43,502negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Broward Health Medical Center (Fort Lauderdale) | Hospital | $44,258negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| HCA Florida Osceola Hospital (Kissimmee) | Hospital | $44,551negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Broward Health North (Deerfield Beach) | Hospital | $45,508negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5% |
| Manatee Memorial Hospital (UHS, Bradenton) | Hospital | $45,637negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Lee Health Lee Memorial Hospital (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $45,856cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville) | Hospital | $46,305negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| HCA Florida Aventura Hospital | Hospital | $47,471negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Lee Health Gulf Coast Medical Center (Fort Myers) | Hospital | $48,668cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| UF Health Jacksonville (Shands Jacksonville) | Hospital | $48,789negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| HCA Florida Kendall Hospital (Miami) | Hospital | $49,072negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Tampa General Hospital (Tampa) | Hospital | $51,954negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (incl. Jewett Orthopedic Institute) | Hospital | $53,171negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital (St. Petersburg) | Hospital | $55,891negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Baptist Medical Center Beaches (Jacksonville Beach) | Hospital | $56,110negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville | Hospital | $56,110negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| UHealth Tower – University of Miami Hospital and Clinics (Miami) | Hospital | $56,205negotiated | 1.8× | — |
| Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital | Hospital | $56,513negotiated | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| NCH Baker Hospital / Naples Community Hospital (Naples) | Hospital | $59,566negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| AdventHealth Tampa | Hospital | $59,925negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| AdventHealth Ocala | Hospital | $59,946negotiated | 1.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| AdventHealth Wesley Chapel | Hospital | $61,458negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | Hospital | $61,984negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Holy Cross Health (Fort Lauderdale) gross charge | Hospital | $104,521cash | 3.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.3% |
| Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami) gross charge | Hospital | $131,317cash | 4.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.2% |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 5 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 448 cost in Florida?
For multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 448) in Florida, a fair self-pay price is around $40,385, with hospitals ranging from $36,545 to $47,770 across 70 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $30,859, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC cost in Florida?
A fair self-pay price for multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 448) in Florida is around $40,385, with hospital prices ranging from $36,545 to $47,770 across 70 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 448?
Medicare pays about $30,859 for multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC (CPT 448). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of multi-level spinal fusion except cervical, inpatient, w/o MCC?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.