# Neck spinal fusion (hospital stay): what AvMed pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for a cervical (neck) spinal fusion, without complications.

- Insurer: AvMed
- Billing code: 473 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: 2026-10-01
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 146 | $8,600.00 | $20,256.00 | $25,721.54 | $40,606.14 | $61,921.13 | $20,601.01 | 1.2x Medicare |
| Kentucky | 1 | $58,505.75 | $58,505.75 | $58,505.75 | $58,505.75 | $58,505.75 | $17,209.00 | 3.4x Medicare |
| New Jersey | 1 | $43,735.89 | $47,428.36 | $51,120.82 | $54,813.29 | $58,505.75 | $29,095.29 | 1.8x Medicare |
| New York | 2 | $34,703.08 | $40,653.75 | $46,604.42 | $52,555.08 | $58,505.75 | $28,833.40 | 1.6x Medicare |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $25,721.54 | $25,721.54 | $25,721.54 | $25,721.54 | $25,721.54 | $16,804.73 | 1.5x Medicare |
| Oregon | 1 | $48,923.65 | $48,923.65 | $48,923.65 | $48,923.65 | $48,923.65 | $20,168.00 | 2.4x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/avmed/statemap_473_US.html  
About this insurer's data, and its other procedures: [index.md](index.md)