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Procedure price report · Spinal fusion

Thoracic spine fusion at one level, from the back

CPT 22610the billing code this page is about

Fusion of one level of the mid-back (thoracic) spine through an incision in the back, joining the vertebrae so they grow together. Covers a single level; extra levels are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $3,682 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 359 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,259. Most fall between $1,884 and $10,508 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
359
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 359 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$930$2,223$3,682$7,156$20,812

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($930 vs $20,812).

How the prices are spread

$579 – $841: 15 hospitals$579$841 – $1,221: 17 hospitals$1,221 – $1,773: 18 hospitals$1,221$1,773 – $2,574: 44 hospitals$2,574 – $3,737: 71 hospitals$2,574$3,737 – $5,425: 50 hospitals$5,425 – $7,877: 40 hospitals$5,425$7,877 – $11,437: 18 hospitals$11,437 – $16,605: 21 hospitals$11,437$16,605 – $24,110: 34 hospitals$16,605median $3,682price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (328 of 359 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$579$84115
$841$1,22117
$1,221$1,77318
$1,773$2,57444
$2,574$3,73771
$3,737$5,42550
$5,425$7,87740
$7,877$11,43718
$11,437$16,60521
$16,605$24,11034

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$17,914
Median cash price$3,682
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.21×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,682.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: median $8,298 across 10 hospitalsID$8,298Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,750 across 19 hospitalsMN$6,750Illinois: median $1,949 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,949Wisconsin: median $6,458 across 28 hospitalsWI$6,458Michigan: median $3,876 across 30 hospitalsMI$3,876New York: median $3,960 across 25 hospitalsNY$3,960Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $2,391 across 10 hospitalsOR$2,391Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,044 across 19 hospitalsIA$3,044Indiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,746 across 15 hospitalsOH$4,746Pennsylvania: median $946 across 17 hospitalsPA$946New Jersey: median $5,741 across 22 hospitalsNJ$5,741Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,675 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,675Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,682. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$8,298+125%$2,517 – $20,834
Minnesota MN19$6,750+83%$2,659 – $8,865
Wisconsin WI28$6,458+75%$6,104 – $13,210
New Jersey NJ22$5,741+56%$4,350 – $19,501
Ohio OH15$4,746+29%$2,392 – $4,942
New York NY25$3,960+8%$2,042 – $17,914
Michigan MI30$3,876+5%$2,201 – $6,458
Iowa IA19$3,044−17%$2,424 – $3,044
Oklahoma OK12$2,675−27%$2,675 – $2,675
Oregon OR10$2,391−35%$2,391 – $4,161
Illinois IL16$1,949−47%$990 – $3,603
Pennsylvania PA17$946−74%$579 – $14,623
California CA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,682.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care278$3,538$1,835 – $11,873
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access70$4,677$1,884 – $8,865
Ownership
For-profit39$7,156$1,596 – $25,295
Government44$2,659$2,027 – $5,190
Non-profit275$3,876$1,826 – $8,865
System affiliation
Part of a system279$3,876$1,819 – $11,873
Independent80$2,893$2,027 – $5,650

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,930
Median cash price$3,682
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

206 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,948 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,288; most fall between $1,589 and $6,458.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 206 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$769$1,819$2,948$5,012$11,100

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($769 vs $11,100).

Of the 231 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 206 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

359 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 420 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted359
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here42
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code420

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Spinal fusion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Arthrodesis Posterior/Pstlat Tq 1ntrspc Thoracic.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Thoracic spine fusion at one level, from the back (CPT 22610) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-22610-thoracic-spine-fusion-at-one-level-from-the-back