Spinal fusion, single level (inpatient stay)
Facility: Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Billing Code: 451 (MS-DRG)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $24,236 compared to the $27,972 fair price benchmark.
5-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.87× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 GA hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 GA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Spinal fusion, single level (inpatient stay) is about $27,972 (about 1.2× the $23,504 Medicare rate). Memorial Health Meadows Hospital charges insurers about $24,236 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Vidalia, GA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $4,725 - $43,085 | 20% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $23,304 | 99% |
| Aetnamajor | $23,537 - $130,521 | 100% |
| Cignamajor | $3,010 - $25,954 | 13% |
| Humanamajor | $23,304 | 99% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $12,892 - $18,643 | 55% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | $23,537 | 100% |
| Clover Health | $23,770 | 101% |
| Devoted Health | $23,770 | 101% |
| Friday Health | $33,596 | 143% |
| Health Net | $29,789 | 127% |
| WellCare | $23,770 | 101% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $23,304 - $31,841 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
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Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
Compare: Spinal fusion, single level (inpatient stay) at other GA hospitals
- Memorial Hospital and Manor · Bainbridge $12,060
- Bacon County Hospital · Alma $21,342
- Doctors Hospital · Augusta $23,936
- Navicent Health Baldwin · Milledgeville $24,196
- Fairview Park Hospital · Dublin $24,376
- Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital · Albany $24,820
- Phoebe Sumter Medical Center · Americus $25,162
- Wellstar Paulding Medical Center · Hiram $25,171
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $21,114
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $21,114).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Memorial Health Meadows Hospital's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $27,972 Fair BaseRate ($23,504 Medicare)
Your bill ($58,166) is $30,194 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($27,972) and 2.5× the $23,504 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.