DRG 321 · Musculoskeletal

Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in Pennsylvania — 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
$142,588
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$66,513 – $223,960
low to high
Lowest $66,513 Highest $223,960

19 Pennsylvania hospitals publish gross charges for neck fusion & other back surgery (DRG 321). Prices range from $66,513 to $223,960 — roughly 3×. The cheapest is Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre; the most expensive is Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital in Jersey Shore. The state average sits at $142,588.

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

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital

    Sayre, PA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $66,513
    Cash pay $53,210
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,163
  2. 2

    Guthrie Troy Community Hospital

    Troy, PA

    Gross charge $66,513
    Cash pay $53,210
  3. 3

    Conemaugh Nason Medical Center

    Roaring Spring, PA

    Gross charge $74,274
    Cash pay $29,709
  4. 4

    Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus

    Johnstown, PA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $74,274
    Cash pay $29,709
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,308
  5. 5
    Gross charge $74,274
    Cash pay $29,709
  6. 6
    Gross charge $74,274
    Cash pay $29,709
  7. 7

    Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (Acute Care)

    Darby, PA

    Gross charge $83,845
    Cash pay $54,499
  8. 8

    Nazareth Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $83,845
    Cash pay $54,499
  9. 9

    St. Mary Medical Center

    Langhorne, PA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $83,845
    Cash pay $54,499
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,443
  10. 10

    St. Clair Hospital

    Pittsburgh, PA

    Gross charge $108,706
    Cash pay $20,571
  11. 11

    Chestnut Hill Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $177,060
    Cash pay $31,255
  12. 12

    Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge $182,594
    Cash pay $31,255
  13. 13

    Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Honesdale, PA

    Gross charge $215,395
    Cash pay $172,316
  14. 14

    Geisinger-Community Medical Center

    Scranton, PA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,139
  15. 15

    Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital

    Bloomsburg, PA

    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
  16. 16

    Geisinger Medical Center

    Danville, PA

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
    Medicare pays (avg) $24,796
  17. 17

    Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital

    Lewistown, PA

    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
  18. 18

    Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center

    Wilkes Barre, PA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,957
  19. 19

    Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital

    Jersey Shore, PA

    Gross charge $223,960
    Cash pay $138,855
  20. 20

    Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

    Camp Hill, PA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,387
  21. 21

    Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

    Lansdale, PA

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  22. 22

    St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus

    Quakertown, PA

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  23. 23

    Wellspan York Hospital

    York, PA

    42 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,670
  24. 24

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Bethlehem, PA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,381
  25. 25

    St. Luke's Grand View Hospital - Sellersville

    Sellersville, PA

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  26. 26

    WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital

    Gettysburg, PA

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  27. 27

    WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

    Lebanon, PA

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  28. 28

    Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center

    Reading, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $25,338
  29. 29

    Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center

    Meadowbrook, PA

    Gross charge —
  30. 30

    Hospital of University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $39,775
  31. 31

    Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center at Windber

    Windber, PA

    Gross charge —
  32. 32

    Meadville Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Meadville, PA

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  33. 33

    Jefferson Health- Northeast

    Philadelphia, PA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,360
  34. 34

    Wellspan Waynesboro Hospital

    Waynesboro, PA

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $36,492
    Medicare pays (avg) $29,513
  36. 36

    Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital

    Greensburg, PA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $17,336
  37. 37

    WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital

    Chambersburg, PA

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,582
  38. 38

    St. Luke's Hospital - Easton Campus

    Easton, PA

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  39. 39

    Acmh Hospital

    Kittanning, PA

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  40. 40

    Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $31,501
  41. 41

    Crozer Chester Medical Center

    Upland, PA

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  42. 42

    St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus

    Coaldale, PA

    Gross charge —
  43. 43

    WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital

    Ephrata, PA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $16,947
  44. 44

    Jefferson Abington Hospital

    Abington, PA

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,745
  45. 45

    Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton

    Scranton, PA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,676
  46. 46
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $28,130
  47. 47
    Gross charge —
  48. 48

    Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

    East Norriton, PA

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $36,492
  49. 49

    St. Luke's Hospital - Monroe Campus

    Stroudsburg, PA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,748
  50. 50

    Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital

    Orwigsburg, PA

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  51. 51

    St. Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus

    Lehighton, PA

    Gross charge —
  52. 52

    Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

    Enola, PA

    Gross charge —
  53. 53

    Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center

    Lancaster, PA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,426
  54. 54
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  55. 55

    Titusville Area Hospital

    Titusville, PA

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  56. 56

    UPMC McKeesport

    Mc Keesport, PA

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  57. 57

    UPMC Jameson (Acute Care)

    New Castle, PA

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  58. 58

    UPMC Somerset

    Somerset, PA

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  59. 59

    Reading Hospital

    West Reading, PA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,427
  60. 60

    UPMC Williamsport

    Williamsport, PA

    Gross charge —
  61. 61

    UPMC Hamot

    Erie, PA

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $21,577
  62. 62

    UPMC Altoona

    Altoona, PA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,154
  63. 63

    UPMC Northwest (Acute Care)

    Seneca, PA

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  64. 64

    UPMC St. Margaret (Acute Care)

    Pittsburgh, PA

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  65. 65

    UPMC Bedford

    Everett, PA

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  66. 66

    Pottstown Hospital

    Pottstown, PA

    Gross charge —
  67. 67

    Phoenixville Hospital

    Phoenixville, PA

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $20,807
  68. 68

    Lehigh Valley Hospital (Acute Care)

    Allentown, PA

    98 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $22,437
  69. 69

    Bryn Mawr Hospital

    Bryn Mawr, PA

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,990
  70. 70

    Paoli Hospital

    Paoli, PA

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,750
  71. 71

    UPMC Horizon - Greenville

    Greenville, PA

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  72. 72

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

    Hazleton, PA

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  73. 73

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono (Acute Care)

    East Stroudsburg, PA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,610
  74. 74

    UPMC Hanover

    Hanover, PA

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  75. 75

    UPMC East (Acute Care)

    Monroeville, PA

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  76. 76

    Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City

    Dickson City, PA

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  77. 77

    UPMC Muncy

    Muncy, PA

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  78. 78

    UPMC Cole

    Coudersport, PA

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  79. 79

    UPMC Wellsboro

    Wellsboro, PA

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  80. 80

    Clarion Hospital

    Clarion, PA

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  81. 81

    Lancaster General Hospital

    Lancaster, PA

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,842
  82. 82
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  83. 83

    Independence Health Frick Hospital

    Mount Pleasant, PA

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  84. 84

    IHS Latrobe Hospital

    Latrobe, PA

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  85. 85

    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

    Philadelphia, PA

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,079
  86. 86

    Pennsylvania Hospital

    Philadelphia, PA

    Gross charge —
  87. 87

    Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    Hershey, PA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $32,066

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