Lumbar fusion cost in Arkansas
In Arkansas, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level: from $1,435.90 to $55,765.71, with a median of $1,856.85. The lowest price is at Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock (North Little Rock). The highest price is 38.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,856.85, is 89% below the US median of $17,527.00.
- Arkansas has the lowest median of 23 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 9 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 22612. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 2, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,435.90Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock
Median$1,856.85half of hospitals charge less
Highest$55,765.71in Arkansas
Lowest saves$420.95vs the median
Hospitals in Arkansas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock lowest North Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,435.90 | $5,743.59 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Conway Conway · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,457.73 | $5,830.90 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Magnolia Magnolia · Magnolia, AR 22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,457.73 | $5,830.90 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $1,752.31 | $7,009.24 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UAMS Health Benton-Bryant Bryant · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR FUSION OF SPINE IN LOWER BACK | $1,856.85 | $3,094.75 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock · Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR FUSION OF SPINE IN LOWER BACK | $1,856.85 | $3,094.75 | Jun 17, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health - Fort Smith Fort Smith · Fort Smith, AR-OK 22612 - ARTHRODESIS POSTERIOR-PSTLAT TQ 1NTRSPC LUMBAR | $2,525.64 | $10,102.56 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson Regional Medical Center Pine Bluff · Pine Bluff, AR 22612 Arthrodesis Posterior/Posterolateral Lum | $3,552.00 | $3,552.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Medical Center - Bentonville Bentonville · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR LUMBAR SPINE FUSION | $55,765.71 | $232,357.12 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 5 | $1,435.90 | $1,752.31 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 1 | $55,765.71 | $55,765.71 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 1 | $2,525.64 | $2,525.64 |
| Magnolia, AR | 1 | $1,457.73 | $1,457.73 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 1 | $3,552.00 | $3,552.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What lumbar fusion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar fusion explained.
Lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level in other states
- Alabama$36,084.17
- Arizona$34,513.99, 2 hospitals
- California$17,645.60
- Colorado$19,511.28, 4 hospitals
- Connecticut$10,425.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$2,234.05, 1 hospital
- Florida$20,183.70
- Georgia$11,975.50
- Idaho$16,929.13
- Illinois$10,452.80
- Indiana$75,226.00
- Iowa$8,734.00, 3 hospitals
- Kansas$10,972.74, 4 hospitals
- Kentucky$5,112.32
- Louisiana$15,920.53
- Michigan$4,578.40
- Minnesota$13,493.76, 4 hospitals
- Mississippi$29,573.54, 3 hospitals
- Missouri$15,923.05
- Montana$4,871.20
- Nebraska$14,125.33, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$23,349.30, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$20,355.21
- New Mexico$6,547.49, 3 hospitals
- New York$21,762.05
- North Dakota$10,751.25, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$30,000.00
- Oklahoma$27,196.80, 4 hospitals
- Oregon$18,286.48, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$35,336.82
- Rhode Island$12,722.93, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$48,554.09, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$1,398.24, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$28,727.87
- Texas$10,629.07
- Vermont$2,132.00, 1 hospital
- Virginia$77,959.84
- Washington$18,264.12
- West Virginia$13,717.25
- Wisconsin$7,572.66
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.