How much does cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC cost in Ohio?
CPT 473 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
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473 Cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC
⚠ bare numeric assumed MS-DRG; verify
Market typical price
$20,169
91 facilities · typical range $18,243 – $25,124 · 1.1× Medicare IPPS
Typical
$20,169
Medicare $17,765
$51 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $313,940
What Medicare paysⓘ
$17,765
Market typical
$20,169
Cash / self-pay price
$63,783
Prices near you — 91 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $51negotiated | 0.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $6,322negotiated | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $7,493cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $16,587negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $16,685negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $16,826negotiated | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $16,886negotiated | 1.0× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $16,976negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Fremont) | Hospital | $16,984negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $17,367negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $17,438negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $17,508negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Coshocton Regional Medical Center (Coshocton) | Hospital | $17,526cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $17,614negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $17,678negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $17,713negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $17,733negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $17,881negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo) | Hospital | $17,962negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.4% |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $17,985negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $18,049negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $18,202negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $18,243negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $18,312negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $18,339negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $18,359negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $18,501negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $18,551negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) | Hospital | $18,707negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) | Hospital | $18,938negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $19,067negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $19,170negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $19,196negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $19,209negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $19,263negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $19,443negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $19,461negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $19,603negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| East Liverpool City Hospital (East Liverpool) | Hospital | $19,700cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $19,719negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $19,772negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $19,850negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $19,905negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $20,169negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $20,292negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $20,311negotiated | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $20,435negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $20,542negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $20,775negotiated | 1.2× | — |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $20,870negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $21,015negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $21,839negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $22,044negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $22,334negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $22,334negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $22,488negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $22,765negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon) | Hospital | $22,809negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $22,888negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $23,153negotiated | 1.3× | — |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $23,244negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $23,451negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $23,870negotiated | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $24,028cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $24,802negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $24,881negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $24,910negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $24,910negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) | Hospital | $25,124negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) | Hospital | $25,124negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $25,522negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $25,752negotiated | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $26,961negotiated | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $28,116negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $28,533negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $28,766negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $28,768negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $29,195negotiated | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $29,454negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $29,538negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $29,706negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $29,772negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $30,119negotiated | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $34,669negotiated | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) gross charge | Hospital | $46,609cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Ohio State University State Health System (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $47,614negotiated | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $80,957cash | 4.6× | — |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay) gross charge | Hospital | $84,441cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 7.2% |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $89,040cash | 5.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) gross charge | Hospital | $92,901cash | 5.2× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) gross charge | Hospital | $313,940cash | 17.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
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. 10 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 473 cost in Ohio?
For cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC (CPT 473) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $20,169, with hospitals ranging from $18,243 to $25,124 across 91 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $17,765, 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 cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC (CPT 473) in Ohio is around $20,169, with hospital prices ranging from $18,243 to $25,124 across 91 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 473?
Medicare pays about $17,765 for cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/MCC (CPT 473). 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 cervical spinal fusion, inpatient, w/o CC/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.