Medicare's price lookup tool compares costs for several procedures done at ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
The tool details patient costs, along with facility and physician fees. Below are the costs of 10 spine procedures at ASCs and HOPDs.
Editorial note: This is not an exhaustive list. Prices are as of Feb. 21, 2024.
1. Insertion of stabilizing or separating device into lower spine at single level with open decompression (22867)
ASC: $3,026
HOPD: $1,844
2. Insertion of artificial upper spine disc, anterior approach (22856)
ASC: $2,958
HOPD: $1,953
3. Insertion of stabilizing or separating device into lower spine at single level (22869)
ASC: $2,185
HOPD: $1,717
4. Fusion of lower spine bones, posterior or posterolateral approach (22612)
ASC: $3,016
HOPD: $1,944
5. Arthrodesis, anterior interbody, including disc space preparation, discectomy, osteophytectomy and decompression of spinal cord and/or nerve roots; cervical below C2 (22551)
ASC: $2,109
HOPD: $1,969
6. Arthrodesis, anterior interbody technique, including minimal discectomy to prepare interspace (other than for decompression); cervical below C2 (22554)
ASC: $1,987
HOPD: $1,883
7. Revision including replacement, when performed, of spinal neurostimulator electrode percutaneous array(s), including fluoroscopy, when performed (63663)
ASC: $1,060
HOPD: $1,391
8. Partial removal of upper spine bone with release of spinal cord and/or nerves (63045)
ASC: $934
HOPD: $1,619
9. Laminectomy, facetectomy and foraminotomy (unilateral or bilateral with decompression of spinal cord, cauda equina and/or nerve root[s], [eg, spinal or lateral recess stenosis]), single vertebral segment; lumbar (63047)
ASC: $898
HOPD: $1,583
10. Partial removal of bone with release of spinal cord or spinal nerves of one interspace in lower spine (63030)
ASC: $860
HOPD: $1,545