Cash prices New Jersey Outpatient

Back surgery cost in New Jersey without insurance

In New Jersey, the median cash price for Lumbar discectomy is $8,800.00 across 15 hospitals, from $1,876.00 to $47,548.90. The lowest is at Virtua Memorial Hospital (Mount Holly) and 3 other hospitals. The US median is $5,660.16.

Back and neck surgery ranges from a same-day discectomy for a pinched nerve to a spinal fusion with a hospital stay. Fusion is by far the most expensive, because of the implants and longer surgery. Many people improve with physical therapy, injections and time, so surgery is usually a later step.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 One price per hospital: its lowest outpatient cash price for the code

Back surgery prices in New Jersey by type

63030 is a lumbar discectomy and is used in the state table; 63047 is a lumbar laminectomy for spinal stenosis; 22551 is a neck fusion (ACDF); and 22612 is a lumbar fusion.

ProcedureHospitals RangeMedian US median
Lumbar discectomy Lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level · code 63030 15 $1,876.00–$47,548.90 $8,800.00 $5,660.16
Lumbar laminectomy Lumbar laminectomy (spinal decompression), one level · code 63047 21 $7,143.73–$47,548.90 $8,504.35 $7,374.95
ACDF (neck fusion) Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF), one level · code 22551 22 $12,866.82–$44,286.00 $15,164.87 $8,532.55
Lumbar fusion Lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level · code 22612 21 $2,352.00–$47,548.90 $20,728.00 $8,057.40

Outpatient cash prices in New Jersey. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest cash price for the code; prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Pick a procedure to compare every hospital in the state.

Lowest Lumbar discectomy prices in New Jersey

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Paying cash: what to do

  • Ask for a bundled self-pay price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia, facility and follow-up visits; hospital file prices usually cover only the facility.
  • Ask whether screws, rods, cages and bone graft are included, since implants can be a large part of the price.
  • Consider a second opinion before a fusion.