DRG 520 · Musculoskeletal

Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in Indiana — 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.

State average
$40,799
gross charge · DRG 520
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$8,345 – $55,276
low to high
Lowest $8,345 Highest $55,276

16 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (DRG 520). Prices range from $8,345 to $55,276 — roughly $46,931 apart. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin. The state average sits at $40,799.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of back & neck surgery (non-fusion). 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 Indiana, 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. Indiana 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Riverview Health

    Noblesville, IN

    Gross charge $8,345
  2. 2

    Hendricks Regional Health

    Danville, IN

    Gross charge $9,343
    Cash pay $3,737
  3. 3
    Gross charge $17,718
  4. 4

    Columbus Regional Hospital

    Columbus, IN

    Gross charge $32,691
    Cash pay $26,153
  5. 5

    St. Catherine Hospital

    East Chicago, IN

    Gross charge $45,052
    Cash pay $27,031
  6. 6

    Community Hospital

    Munster, IN

    Gross charge $45,052
    Cash pay $27,031
  7. 7

    St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)

    Hobart, IN

    Gross charge $45,052
    Cash pay $27,031
  8. 8

    Community Howard Regional Health

    Kokomo, IN

    Gross charge $46,938
    Cash pay $28,163
  9. 9

    Community Hospital East

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $46,938
    Cash pay $28,163
  10. 10

    Community Hospital Anderson

    Anderson, IN

    Gross charge $46,938
    Cash pay $28,163
  11. 11

    Community Hospital South

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $46,938
    Cash pay $28,163
  12. 12

    Community Hospital North

    Indianapolis, IN

    Gross charge $46,938
    Cash pay $28,163
  13. 13

    Union Hospital Inc

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $53,188
    Cash pay $31,913
  14. 14

    Union Hospital Regional

    Terre Haute, IN

    Gross charge $53,188
    Cash pay $31,913
  15. 15

    Union Hospital Clinton

    Clinton, IN

    Gross charge $53,188
    Cash pay $31,913
  16. 16

    Johnson Memorial Health

    Franklin, IN

    Gross charge $55,276
    Cash pay $8,291
  17. 17

    Northwest Health - La Porte

    La Porte, IN

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  18. 18

    Norton Clark Hospital

    Jeffersonville, IN

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  19. 19

    Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo

    Kokomo, IN

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  20. 20

    Lutheran Hospital of Indiana

    Fort Wayne, IN

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    Elkhart General Hospital

    Elkhart, IN

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  22. 22

    Eskenazi Health

    Indianapolis, IN

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  23. 23

    Northwest Health - Porter

    Valparaiso, IN

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  24. 24

    St Joseph Health System, Llc

    Fort Wayne, IN

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  25. 25

    Memorial Hospital (South Bend)

    South Bend, IN

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  26. 26

    Schneck Medical Center

    Seymour, IN

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  27. 27

    Deaconess Hospital Inc

    Evansville, IN

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,341
  28. 28

    Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, IN

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  29. 29

    Ascension St. Vincent Anderson

    Anderson, IN

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  30. 30

    Ascension St. Vincent Evansville

    Evansville, IN

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    Northwest Health - Starke

    Knox, IN

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  32. 32

    Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital

    Warsaw, IN

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    The Women's Hospital

    Newburgh, IN

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  34. 34

    Dupont Hospital

    Fort Wayne, IN

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    IU Health West Hospital

    Avon, IN

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    Ascension St. Vincent Fishers

    Fishers, IN

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  47. 47

    Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Inc

    Angola, IN

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  48. 48

    Dukes Memorial Hospital

    Peru, IN

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    IU Health Bloomington Hospital

    Bloomington, IN

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  51. 51

    IU Health University Hospital

    Indianapolis, IN

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  52. 52

    St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital

    Lawrenceburg, IN

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  53. 53

    IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital

    Muncie, IN

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  54. 54

    Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center

    Jasper, IN

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  55. 55

    IU Health North Hospital

    Carmel, IN

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  56. 56

    IU Health Arnett Hospital

    Lafayette, IN

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  57. 57

    IU Health Tipton Hospital

    Tipton, IN

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