Price Atlas / Surgery rates / Lumbar fusion with cage (TLIF/PLIF) / ConnecticutLumbar fusion with cage (TLIF/PLIF) in Connecticut: what insurers pay Posted commercial rates at 5 Connecticut hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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CPT 22633 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford $73,054 2.2× 19 2026-03-31
CPT 22630 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford $73,054 2.2× 19 2026-03-31
MS-DRG 451 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date St Vincent'S Medical Center Bridgeport $24,821 0.9× 4 2026-04-01 William W Backus Hospital Norwich $34,867 1.2× 2 2026-04-01 Uconn Health Waterbury Hospital Waterbury $61,581 2.2× 5 2026-05-13 Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford $64,636 2.3× 26 2026-03-31 Lawrence & Memorial Hospital New London $120,687 4.3× 13 2026-09-19
MS-DRG 402 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date St Vincent'S Medical Center Bridgeport $24,821 0.7× 4 2026-04-01 William W Backus Hospital Norwich $25,400 0.7× 1 2026-04-01 Uconn Health Waterbury Hospital Waterbury $78,344 2.2× 4 2026-05-13 Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford $81,941 2.3× 26 2026-03-31 Lawrence & Memorial Hospital New London $122,530 3.5× 13 2026-09-19
MS-DRG 450 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Uconn Health Waterbury Hospital Waterbury $101,598 2.2× 5 2026-05-13 Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center Hartford $107,869 2.3× 25 2026-03-31 Lawrence & Memorial Hospital New London $135,202 2.9× 13 2026-09-19
Questions How much do insurers pay for lumbar fusion with cage (tlif/plif) in Connecticut? 5 Connecticut hospitals post usable commercial rates for lumbar fusion with cage (tlif/plif) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 22633, hospital outpatient, the median across 1 hospital is $73,054 , 2.2× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.
Techy Surgeon Price Atlas · commercial rates from hospital price-transparency files as of 2026-09-27. Commercial plans only; payer-specific dollar amounts for the exact code and setting (grade A); no professional-fee, percent-of-charges, per-diem, algorithm or unnamed-payer rows; no duplicate campus files; each rate between 0.5x (outpatient) or 0.6x (inpatient) and 8x the same hospital's local Medicare base rate. Median across each insurer's plans. Historical rates the hospitals themselves posted. Percentiles only where the comparison group has 5 or more hospitals. Market transparency, not pricing guidance. Medicare anchor = the same hospital's local Medicare base rate (OPPS or IPPS FY2026, wage-adjusted; inpatient anchors exclude teaching and safety-net add-ons). Rates are posted contract amounts, not what any patient paid. Method . Free to use; cite as Techy Surgeon Price Atlas (2026).
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