Lumbar fusion cost in Portland, OR
In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level: from $2,919.15 to $34,731.45, with a median of $18,825.30. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center — $15,906.15 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $5,146.40 at 7 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 22612, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR · (503) 413-2200 PR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $2,919.15 | $4,491.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, WA · (360) 256-2000 FUSION OF SPINE IN LOWER BACK | $34,731.45 | $53,433.00 | $7,777.19–$63,082.72 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,919.15, median $18,825.30, highest $34,731.45 — a 11.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,919.15. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A lumbar fusion joins two vertebrae in the lower back with bone graft, usually with screws and rods.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
7 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 22612 ($8,057.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WAPR ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR/PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $524.55 | file |