Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in California — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to join (fuse) bones in the neck, or other operations on the back or neck, not including disc removal or nerve decompression. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$209,903
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$17,975 – $338,687
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
San Joaquin General Hospital
French Camp, CA
Gross charge $17,975Cash pay $9,886 - 2
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $114,905Cash pay $17,000Medicare pays (avg) $30,450 - 3
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $132,654Cash pay $79,593Medicare pays (avg) $24,357 - 4
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $141,192Cash pay $33,886 - 5
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $149,980 - 6
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $153,375Cash pay $14,993Medicare pays (avg) $29,011 - 7
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge $174,920Cash pay $26,238Medicare pays (avg) $25,916 - 8
Adventist Health Sonora
Sonora, CA
Gross charge $210,691Cash pay $35,818 - 9
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $224,044Cash pay $168,033Medicare pays (avg) $26,193 - 10
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $224,044Cash pay $168,033Medicare pays (avg) $28,275 - 11
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $224,044Cash pay $168,033Medicare pays (avg) $27,997 - 12
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $224,044Cash pay $168,033 - 13
Adventist Health and Rideout
Marysville, CA
Gross charge $233,107Cash pay $51,284Medicare pays (avg) $29,555 - 14Gross charge $241,785Cash pay $16,925
- 15
Washington Health
Fremont, CA
Gross charge $248,655Cash pay $161,626Medicare pays (avg) $32,820 - 16
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $295,407Cash pay $301,315Medicare pays (avg) $28,234 - 17
Adventist Health St Helena
Saint Helena, CA
Gross charge $319,320Cash pay $47,898Medicare pays (avg) $27,678 - 18
Adventist Health Glendale (Acute Care)
Glendale, CA
Gross charge $319,320Cash pay $47,898Medicare pays (avg) $29,266 - 19
Adventist Health White Memorial
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $338,687Cash pay $60,964Medicare pays (avg) $29,010 - 20
St. Rose Hospital
Hayward, CA
Gross charge — - 21
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,544 - 22
Riverside Community Hospital
Riverside, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,302 - 23
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 24
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,445 - 25
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 26
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
Banning, CA
Gross charge — - 27
Antelope Valley Medical Center
Lancaster, CA
Gross charge — - 28
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,000 - 29
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 30
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,589 - 31
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,929 - 32
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 33
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 34
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $91,808Medicare pays (avg) $29,975 - 35
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $27,014Medicare pays (avg) $29,991 - 36
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,116 - 37
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,001 - 38
Doctors Hospital of Manteca
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 39
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,520 - 40
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 41
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,511 - 42
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 43
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 45
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge — - 46
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,682 - 47
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,380 - 48
Desert Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Palm Springs, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,259 - 49
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,200 - 52
Hi-Desert Medical Center
Joshua Tree, CA
Gross charge — - 53
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Alhambra, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 55
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,901 - 56
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $38,286 - 57
Marinhealth Medical Center
Greenbrae, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,317 - 58
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care — San Jose)
San Jose, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,456 - 59
Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura
Ventura, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,246 - 60
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 61
West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $39,683Medicare pays (avg) $28,997 - 62
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,398 - 63
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 64
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 65
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 66
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,143 - 67
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,998 - 68
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,778 - 70
Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center (Acute Care — Thousand Oaks)
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,326 - 71
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,366 - 72
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $35,150 - 73
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 74
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 75
San Ramon Regional Medical Center
San Ramon, CA
Gross charge — - 76
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 77
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $38,041Medicare pays (avg) $27,114 - 78
Monterey Park Hospital AHMC
Monterey Park, CA
Gross charge — - 79
Shasta Regional Medical Center
Redding, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $35,874Medicare pays (avg) $26,159 - 80
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,436 - 81
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 82
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 83
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 84
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 85Gross charge —Cash pay $45,734
- 86
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge — - 87
Watsonville Community Hospital
Watsonville, CA
Gross charge — - 88
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,024 - 89
Sierra View Medical Center
Porterville, CA
Gross charge — - 90
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Pleasanton, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,808 - 91
Los Angeles General Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $46,168 - 92
Stanford Health Care
Stanford, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $48,388 - 93
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $55,883 - 94
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $38,208 - 95
Keck Hospital of USC
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,660 - 96
Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center & Orthopaedic Hospital
Santa Monica, CA
Gross charge — - 97
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
San Gabriel, CA
Gross charge — - 98
AHMC Seton Medical Center
Daly City, CA
Gross charge — - 99
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier, CA
Gross charge — - 100
Greater El Monte Community Hospital
South El Monte, CA
Gross charge — - 101
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,180 - 102
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Pomona, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,511 - 103
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,848
California hospitals price neck fusion & other back surgery (Medicare DRG 321) anywhere from $17,975 to $338,687 — a $320,712 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp; the most expensive is Adventist Health White Memorial in Los Angeles. The state average sits at $209,903.
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 fusion & other back surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling neck fusion & other back surgery 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 neck fusion & other back surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 321 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.