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Surgery and procedures CPT 22612 Illinois Outpatient

Lumbar fusion cost in Illinois

In Illinois, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar spinal fusion (posterior), one level: from $1,670.80 to $18,697.00, with a median of $10,452.80. The lowest price is at Humboldt Park Health (Chicago). The highest price is 11.2× the lowest.

  • The median here, $10,452.80, is 40% below the US median of $17,527.00.
  • Illinois ranks 6th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 5 of 9 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. Other states' laws.

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 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,670.80Humboldt Park Health
Median$10,452.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$18,697.00in Illinois
Lowest saves$8,782.00vs the median

Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Humboldt Park Health lowest Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Fusion of spine in lower back $1,670.80 $5,967.15 Sep 29, 2026
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John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN PF-LUMBAR SPINE FUSION $3,083.50 $4,405.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Morris Hospital Morris · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Fusion of spine in lower back $6,116.77 $25,423.00 Oct 27, 2026
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Carle Eureka Hospital Eureka · Peoria, IL Arthrodesis Posterior/Pstlat Tq 1ntrspc Lumbar $8,379.00 $8,379.00 Apr 15, 2026
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FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL Fusion of spine in lower back $10,452.80 $13,066.00 Jan 22, 2026
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Gibson Area Hospital Gibson City · Champaign-Urbana, IL LUMBAR SPINE FUSION $10,835.00 $10,835.00 Nov 4, 2026
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Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Mattoon · Charleston-Mattoon, IL Fusion of spine in lower back $12,475.00 $12,475.00 Jun 3, 2026
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Morrison Community Hospital Morrison · Sterling, IL ARTHR PST/PSTLAT LUMBAR $17,904.25 $17,904.25 Mar 13, 2026
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Saint Joseph Medical Center - Joliet Joliet · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN LUMBAR SPINE FUSION $18,697.00 $8,371.33 Sep 1, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 4 $1,670.80 $4,600.14
Champaign-Urbana, IL 1 $10,835.00 $10,835.00
Charleston-Mattoon, IL 1 $12,475.00 $12,475.00
Freeport, IL 1 $10,452.80 $10,452.80
Peoria, IL 1 $8,379.00 $8,379.00
Sterling, IL 1 $17,904.25 $17,904.25
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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.