DRG 473 · Musculoskeletal

Neck (Cervical) Spinal Fusion Cost in Louisiana — Compare All Hospitals

A planned operation to join (fuse) bones in the neck to steady the spine and relieve pressure on nerves, in patients without complicating conditions. The stay covers the surgery, pain control, and early recovery.

State average
$87,813
gross charge · DRG 473
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$15,383 – $177,554
low to high
Lowest $15,383 Highest $177,554

Louisiana hospitals price neck (cervical) spinal fusion (Medicare DRG 473) anywhere from $15,383 to $177,554 — a $162,171 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Opelousas General Health System in Opelousas; the most expensive is North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond. The state average sits at $87,813.

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 neck (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 neck (cervical) spinal fusion in Louisiana, 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. Louisiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform neck (cervical) spinal fusion in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 473 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

    Opelousas General Health System

    Opelousas, LA

    Gross charge $15,383
    Cash pay $7,691
  2. 2

    Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital

    Hammond, LA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,307
    Cash pay $31,634
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,599
  3. 3

    Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

    Kenner, LA

    Gross charge $57,508
    Cash pay $16,102
  4. 4

    AVALA Hospital

    Covington, LA

    43 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $64,026
    Cash pay $39,261
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,242
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    Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

    Baton Rouge, LA

    Gross charge $80,393
    Cash pay $25,726
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    Ochsner Acadia General Hospital

    Crowley, LA

    Gross charge $87,786
    Cash pay $20,191
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    Gross charge $102,656
    Cash pay $26,691
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    St. Tammany Parish Hospital

    Covington, LA

    Gross charge $128,224
    Cash pay $51,290
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    Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

    Lafayette, LA

    Gross charge $139,298
    Cash pay $29,253
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    North Oaks Medical Center

    Hammond, LA

    Gross charge $177,554
    Cash pay $26,584
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    Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

    Natchitoches, LA

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    Cash pay $21,676
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    Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

    Houma, LA

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    Rapides Regional Medical Center

    Alexandria, LA

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    Abbeville General Hospital

    Abbeville, LA

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    Lake Charles Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Avoyelles Hospital

    Marksville, LA

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    Oakdale Community Hospital

    Oakdale, LA

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    Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

    Homer, LA

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    Minden Medical Center

    Minden, LA

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    Glenwood Regional Medical Center

    West Monroe, LA

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    Byrd Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Leesville, LA

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    Cash pay $12,949
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,194
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    Our Lady of the Lake Surgical Hospital

    Slidell, LA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Cash pay $29,108
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,604
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    Acadian Medical Center

    Eunice, LA

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    Thibodaux Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Thibodaux, LA

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    Ochsner Medical Center Acute

    New Orleans, LA

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    Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics

    Lafayette, LA

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    Ochsner LSU Health Monroe

    Monroe, LA

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    Ochsner St. Mary

    Morgan City, LA

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    CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick Hospital

    Lake Charles, LA

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    Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

    Shreveport, LA

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    St. Bernard Parish Hospital

    Chalmette, LA

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    Ochsner St. Martin Hospital

    Breaux Bridge, LA

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    Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital (Acute Care)

    Alexandria, LA

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    Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center

    Houma, LA

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    Mercy Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Ville Platte, LA

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    Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

    Coushatta, LA

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