Spinal fusion (not neck), no complications in Chicago, IL-IN costs $70,667. Here's every hospital's price.
1 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for spinal fusion (not neck), no complications (MS-DRG 460). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 1 hospitals list a cash price for spinal fusion (not neck), no complications (MS-DRG 460). The lowest is $70,667 at Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital, the median is $70,667 and the highest is $70,667.
The Chicago, IL-IN median of $70,667 is 86% above the national median of $38,085 across 33 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
3 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1,119 to $79,729. 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 April 2026. 78 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 onlyEvanston · 23 mi · Older file Jan 2025
Evergreen Park · 8 mi · File Mar 2026
Chicago · 11 mi · File Mar 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 460. 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 460, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About spinal fusion (not neck), no complications
MS-DRG 460 is the inpatient stay for a spinal fusion below the neck, most often a lumbar fusion for instability, spondylolisthesis or degenerative disc disease that has not responded to other treatment. The stay is typically two to four days and recovery takes months.
What the price covers
The DRG price is the hospital's charge for the whole stay: operating room, implants (screws, rods, cages, bone graft), room and board, nursing and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesiologist bill separately, as do rehabilitation and any bracing.
Before you compare prices
Lumbar fusion for back pain without instability is one of the most debated operations in medicine, and outcomes vary widely. A second opinion is worth more than a lower price. When surgery is clearly indicated, the price spread between hospitals in the same area is large, often two to four times for the identical DRG.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for DRG 460, and what do surgeon and anesthesia add?
- Which implants will be used, and how much of the price are they?
- What is the expected length of stay, and what does an extra day cost?
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.
- Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Centercode not in file
- Advocate Condell Medical Centercode not in file
- Advocate Good Samaritan Hospitalcode not in file
- Advocate Good Shepherd Hospitalcode not in file
- Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Centercode not in file
- Advocate Lutheran General Hospitalcode not in file
- Advocate Sherman Hospitalcode not in file
- Advocate Trinity Hospitalcode not in file
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1code not in file
- Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterFile could not be read
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Community First Medical Centercode not in file
- Community HospitalNo price file found
- Copley Memorial HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Edward Hospitalcode not in file
- Elmhurst Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Franciscan Health Crown PointFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health DyerFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health MunsterFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Rensselaer, INCFile could not be read
- Holy Cross HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Humboldt Park Healthcode not in file
- Ingalls Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- Jackson Park Hospitalcode not in file
- John H Stroger Jr HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Larabida Childrens Hospital Icode not in file
- Loretto HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Loyola University Medical Centercode not in file
- Macneal Hospitalcode not in file
- Mercy Harvard HospitalNo website on record
- Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal LaNo website on record
- Methodist Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Methodist Hospitals INCcode not in file
- Midwestern Region Med Center, INCNo price file found
- Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centerscode not in file
- Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Northwest Community Hospital 1code not in file
- Northwestern Lake Forest Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwestern Medicine Mchenrycode not in file
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalFile could not be read
- Palos Community Hospitalcode not in file
- Pinnacle Hospitalcode not in file
- Presence Mercy Medical CenterFile could not be read
- Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicagocode not in file
- Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterNo website on record
- Provident Hospital of ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- Roseland Community HospitalNo price file found
- Rush Oak Park HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Rush University Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Saint Anthony HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonFile could not be read
- Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginFile could not be read
- Saint Joseph Medical CenterFile could not be read
- Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersWebsite blocks automated reading
- South Shore HospitalNo price file found
- St Alexius Medical Centercode not in file
- St Bernard HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Catherine Hospital INCNo price file found
- St Mary Medical Center INCNo price file found
- Swedish Hospitalcode not in file
- The University of Chicago Medical Centercode not in file
- Thorek Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrookcode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Glenoakscode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdalecode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grangecode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Northwest IndianaNo website on record
- University of Illinois Hospital and Clinicscode not in file
- Valley West Community HospitalNo website on record
- Vista Medical Center EastWebsite blocks automated reading
- West Suburban Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading