Neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications in Detroit, MI costs $8,548 to $33,722. Here's every hospital's price.
8 hospitals in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for neck (cervical) spinal fusion, no complications (MS-DRG 473). The lowest is $8,548 at Karmanos Cancer Center, the median is $14,643 and the highest is $33,722 at Surgeons Choice Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 3.9 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Detroit, MI median of $14,643 is 50% below the national median of $29,447 across 120 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $6,291 to $63,335. 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 December 2025 and September 2026. 21 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.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyDetroit · 27 mi · File Dec 2025
Lapeer · 24 mi · File Dec 2025
Mount Clemens · 18 mi · File Dec 2025
Pontiac · 7 mi · File Dec 2025
Port Huron · 42 mi · File Sep 2026
Port Huron · 43 mi · File Dec 2025
Southfield · 18 mi · File May 2026
Clinton Township · 14 mi · File Jun 2026
Wyandotte · 35 mi · File Jun 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 473. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
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.
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 Detroit, MI without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviFile found, not read yet
- Ascension Providence Rochester Hospitalcode not in file
- Ascension River District HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeNo website on record
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital Royal OakWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital, TroyWebsite blocks automated reading
- Children's Hospital of Michigancode not in file
- Corewell Health Trenton HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Detroit Receiving Hospitalcode not in file
- Henry Ford Health Brighton Center for RecoveryFile found, not read yet
- Henry Ford Health St John HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Sinai-Grace Hospitalcode not in file
- Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaNo price file found
- Straith Hospital for Special Surgerycode not in file
- Trinity Health Livingston HospitalNo price file found
- Trinity Health Oakland HospitalNo price file found