MS-DRG 473 at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital

Cervical spinal fusion without CC/MCC

In plain words: Cervical spinal fusion without complications

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital, Tacoma

Title from CMS's list of Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Groups (MS-DRGs).

See the whole procedure. This code is part of a procedure we compare in full: every bill and what you’d pay at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital.

What Mary Bridge Children's Hospital publishes for this code: during a hospital stay

Mary Bridge Children's Hospital’s prices for MS-DRG 473, during a hospital stay
Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$46,906 – $139,15412 plans—
Medicare AdvantageInsurer rates$23,349 – $25,6847 plans—
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance——
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it——

Lowest and highest amounts Mary Bridge Children's Hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. Its price file is dated 2026-08-27. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in the rest of Washington for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

Bills to expect for MS-DRG 473 at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
BillWhat it’s forOriginal Medicare allowsPrivate plan estimate
Hospital stayThe hospitalThe stay: the room, nursing, operating room, drugs, tests and therapy—The price above
Hospital doctorA hospitalist group (only sometimes)A hospital doctor who looks after you (first day)$157$185 – $281
SurgeonThe surgeon's practiceThe operationIts amount depends on which operation you have, which this stay's code doesn't say.——
AnesthesiaAn anesthesia groupAnesthesia during the operation——

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

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