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Neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications in Chicago, IL-IN costs $26,314 to $189,180. Here's every hospital's price.

10 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications (MS-DRG 473). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 10 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications (MS-DRG 473). The lowest is $26,314 at University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics, the median is $73,213 and the highest is $189,180 at Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago. The most expensive hospital lists 7.2 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $73,213 is 134% above the national median of $31,249 across 243 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

36 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $708 to $256,745. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated between January 2025 and September 2026. 45 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.

$26,314
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics · 12 mi
$46,900 below the median
$73,213
median cash price
10 hospitals
7.2×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
10/82
hospitals with a cash price
45 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$26,314
list $87,712
2
Northwest Community Hospital 1

Arlington Heights · 23 mi · File Mar 2026

$36,620
list $36,620
3
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

Evanston · 23 mi · Older file Jan 2025

$50,855
list $78,238
4
Methodist Hospitals INC

Gary · 27 mi · File Aug 2026

$63,305
list $90,436 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Palos Community Hospital

Palos Heights · 7 mi · File Apr 2026

$73,213
list $104,590 · lowest of 11 lines
6
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital

Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$98,503
list $140,718 · lowest of 12 lines
7
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry

Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026

$119,537
list $170,768
8
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital

Lake Forest · 35 mi · File Apr 2026

$129,087
list $184,410
9
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital

Winfield · 18 mi · File Apr 2026

$147,977
list $211,395 · lowest of 5 lines
10
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago

Chicago · 15 mi · File Sep 2026

$189,180
list $270,258
11
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

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12
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Elgin · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

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1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 473. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for MS-DRG 473, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications

MS-DRG 473 is the inpatient stay for a cervical spinal fusion without complications: typically an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for a herniated disc or narrowing in the neck pressing on a nerve or the spinal cord. The stay is usually one night.

What the price covers

The DRG price is the hospital's charge for the whole stay: operating room, implants (plate, screws, cage or bone graft), room, nursing and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesiologist bill separately, as does any post-operative rehabilitation. One-level ACDFs are increasingly done as outpatient procedures billed with CPT codes, usually at lower cost.

Why prices vary

Spine surgery has some of the highest and most variable hospital prices. Implant costs, surgeon preference for specific hardware and system size all show up. The spread between hospitals in one metro area is commonly two to four times.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for DRG 473, and what do surgeon and anesthesia add?
  • Which implants will be used, and are they included?
  • Is a one-level fusion possible as an outpatient, and at what price?

Hospitals in Chicago, IL-IN without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

Questions people ask