DRG 472 · Musculoskeletal

Cervical Spinal Fusion Cost in Tennessee — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery that joins (fuses) bones in the neck portion of the spine to relieve pressure on nerves or stabilize the spine. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery, including help getting mobile.

State average
$131,284
gross charge · DRG 472
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$13,206 – $236,509
low to high
Lowest $13,206 Highest $236,509

Tennessee hospitals price cervical spinal fusion (Medicare DRG 472) anywhere from $13,206 to $236,509 — a $223,303 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Unity Medical Center in Manchester; the most expensive is Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. The state average sits at $131,284.

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 cervical spinal fusion at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling cervical spinal fusion in Tennessee, 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. Tennessee hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cervical spinal fusion in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 472 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

    Unity Medical Center

    Manchester, TN

    Gross charge $13,206
    Cash pay $10,565
  2. 2

    Cookeville Regional Medical Center

    Cookeville, TN

    Gross charge $50,808
    Cash pay $31,145
  3. 3

    Methodist Hospitals of Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $106,003
    Cash pay $23,321
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,393
  4. 4
    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  5. 5

    Holston Valley Medical Center

    Kingsport, TN

    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
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    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  7. 7

    Greeneville Community Hospital

    Greeneville, TN

    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  8. 8
    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  9. 9

    Franklin Woods Community Hospital

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  10. 10

    Hancock County Hospital

    Sneedville, TN

    Gross charge $148,228
    Cash pay $22,234
  11. 11

    Johnson City Medical Center

    Johnson City, TN

    Gross charge $236,509
    Cash pay $35,476
  12. 12

    Jackson-Madison County General Hospital

    Jackson, TN

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,053
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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County

    Huntingdon, TN

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    LaFollette Medical Center

    La Follette, TN

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    Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge

    Oak Ridge, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis

    Memphis, TN

    32 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,812
  17. 17

    Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

    Murfreesboro, TN

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    Jefferson Memorial Hospital

    Jefferson City, TN

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    Volunteer Community Hospital

    Martin, TN

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    Dyersburg Regional Medical Center

    Dyersburg, TN

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    Maury Regional Medical Center (Acute Care — Columbia)

    Columbia, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,489
  24. 24

    Leconte Medical Center

    Sevierville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West

    Nashville, TN

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,315
  26. 26

    Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

    Chattanooga, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,666
  27. 27

    North Knoxville Medical Center

    Powell, TN

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    Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City

    Union City, TN

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    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton

    Covington, TN

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    Dekalb Community Hospital

    Smithville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas River Park

    Mcminnville, TN

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    Parkridge Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Chattanooga, TN

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,697
  35. 35

    TriStar Centennial Medical Center

    Nashville, TN

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,181
  36. 36

    Parkwest Medical Center

    Knoxville, TN

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,094
  37. 37

    Affiliate of Vitruvian Health

    Cleveland, TN

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    Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center

    Hendersonville, TN

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    Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown

    Nashville, TN

    58 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $16,360
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    Erlanger Medical Center

    Chattanooga, TN

    21 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $22,341
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