Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the back or neck that does not fuse bones of the spine together, such as removing part of a damaged disc or relieving pressure on a nerve. Patients are usually up and walking soon after surgery, with a short recovery stay.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $9,869Cash pay $5,428 - 2Gross charge $40,738
- 3
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $43,196Cash pay $10,367 - 4
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $47,919Cash pay $6,500 - 5
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $88,853Cash pay $53,312 - 6
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $108,365Cash pay $8,251 - 7
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $109,125Cash pay $70,931 - 8
Adventist Health Howard Memorial
Willits, CA
Gross charge $117,729Cash pay $35,319 - 9
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $119,178 - 10
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $123,387Cash pay $92,540 - 11
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $123,387Cash pay $92,540 - 12
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $123,387Cash pay $92,540 - 13
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $123,387Cash pay $92,540 - 14
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $125,519Cash pay $18,828 - 15
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $129,972Cash pay $23,395 - 16
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $139,480Cash pay $142,270 - 17
Scripps Mercy Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $157,222Cash pay $39,306 - 18
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $157,222Cash pay $39,306Medicare pays (avg) $12,326 - 19
Scripps Green Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Gross charge $157,222Cash pay $39,306Medicare pays (avg) $12,773 - 20
Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Encinitas, CA
Gross charge $157,222Cash pay $39,306 - 21
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $197,065 - 22
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $215,136Cash pay $36,573 - 23
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 24
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 25
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge — - 26
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 27
Oroville Hospital
Oroville, CA
Gross charge — - 28
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 29
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 30
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 31
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 32
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 33
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 34
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 35
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 36
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 37
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $40,100 - 38
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,046 - 39
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 41
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 43
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 44
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 46
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 48
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 49
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 59
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 60
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge — - 61
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge — - 62
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 64
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,223 - 65
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 67
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 69
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 73
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge — - 74
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 75
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 76
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 78
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,309 - 79
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 80
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 81
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,123 - 82
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 85
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 86
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 88Gross charge —Cash pay $22,779
- 89
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 91
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 92
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge — - 93
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 94
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,316 - 95
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 96
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 97
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,385 - 98
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 100
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 101
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 102
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 103
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 104
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 105
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge — - 106
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (Medicare DRG 520) anywhere from $9,869 to $215,136 — a $205,266 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health Sonora in Sonora. The state average sits at $118,845.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in California, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. California hospitals missing from the list either don't perform back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 520 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.