Lumbar fusion with cage (TLIF) cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for lumbar fusion with interbody cage and posterolateral graft (TLIF), one level: from $1,388.26 to $1,648.07, with a median of $1,447.86. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock — $59.60 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $1,447.86 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 22633, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock lowest North Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-3000 22633 - ARTHRODESIS COMBINED TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,388.26 | $5,553.04 | $518.36–$54,844.20 | 75% | — source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway Conway, AR · (501) 585-2000 22633 - ARTHRODESIS COMBINED TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,447.86 | $5,791.45 | $522.18–$54,844.20 | 75% | — source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Little Rock, AR · (501) 202-2000 22633 - ARTHRODESIS COMBINED TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,648.07 | $6,592.26 | $449.76–$54,844.20 | 75% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,388.26, median $1,447.86, highest $1,648.07 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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
This lumbar fusion combines an interbody cage placed between two vertebrae with bone graft along the back of the spine, usually with screws and rods. It is the most common single-level lower back fusion, often done at L4-L5 or L5-S1.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately, and screws, rods and cages may be billed as implants.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 22633 ($7,724.00). 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.
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, ARFUSION OF SPINE IN LOWER BACK WITH PARTIAL REMOVAL OF SPINE BONE AND DISC | $648.18 | file |