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Lumbar spinal fusion in Indiana: what insurers pay Posted commercial rates at 4 Indiana hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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MS-DRG 451 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Ascension St Vincent Anderson Anderson $18,036 0.7× 4 2026-01-01 Ascension St Vincent Carmel Carmel $18,036 0.7× 4 2026-01-01 Ascension St Vincent Fishers Fishers $18,036 0.7× 4 2026-01-01 Hendricks Regional Health Danville $46,918 1.9× 3 2026-05-20
MS-DRG 450 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Ascension St Vincent Carmel Carmel $24,983 0.6× 1 2026-01-01 Hendricks Regional Health Danville $77,407 1.9× 3 2026-05-20
Questions How much do insurers pay for lumbar spinal fusion in Indiana? 4 Indiana hospitals post usable commercial rates for lumbar spinal fusion in their federal price-transparency files. For inpatient stay (MS-DRG 451), the median across 4 hospitals is $18,036 , 0.7× 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).