Price Atlas / Surgery rates / Neck fusion from the back / North DakotaNeck fusion from the back in North Dakota: what insurers pay Posted commercial rates at 7 North Dakota hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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CPT 22600 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Sanford Fargo $12,633 0.7× 1 2026-03-04 Altru Hospital Grand Forks $12,944 0.7× 3 2026-03-01 Essentia Health Fargo Fargo $16,346 0.9× 1 2026-01-01 Chi Mercy Health Valley City $24,696 1.4× 2 2026-02-28
MS-DRG 472 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Chi Mercy Health Valley City $29,688 1.4× 4 2026-02-28 Trinity Hospitals Minot $29,926 1.4× 1 2026-04-01 Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $35,619 1.7× 3 2026-03-04 Chi St Alexius Health Bismarck $36,820 1.7× 2 2026-02-28 Sanford Fargo $37,890 1.8× 2 2026-03-04 Altru Hospital Grand Forks $39,194 1.8× 4 2026-03-01 Essentia Health Fargo Fargo $52,308 2.4× 4 2026-01-01
MS-DRG 473 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Trinity Hospitals Minot $23,046 1.3× 2 2026-04-01 Chi Mercy Health Valley City $26,366 1.5× 4 2026-02-28 Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $29,515 1.7× 3 2026-03-04 Chi St Alexius Health Bismarck $30,086 1.7× 2 2026-02-28 Sanford Fargo $31,192 1.8× 2 2026-03-04 Altru Hospital Grand Forks $32,478 1.8× 4 2026-03-01 Essentia Health Fargo Fargo $42,742 2.4× 4 2026-01-01
MS-DRG 471 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Chi Mercy Health Valley City $44,247 1.3× 4 2026-02-28 Trinity Hospitals Minot $50,172 1.4× 1 2026-04-01 Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck $58,379 1.7× 3 2026-03-04 Chi St Alexius Health Bismarck $61,730 1.8× 2 2026-02-28 Sanford Fargo $62,770 1.8× 2 2026-03-04 Altru Hospital Grand Forks $64,238 1.8× 4 2026-03-01 Essentia Health Fargo Fargo $87,698 2.5× 4 2026-01-01
Questions How much do insurers pay for neck fusion from the back in North Dakota? 7 North Dakota hospitals post usable commercial rates for neck fusion from the back in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 22600, hospital outpatient, the median across 4 hospitals is $14,645 , 0.8× 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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