I want to find out the estimated cost for a lumbar spinal fusion?

I want to find out the estimated cost for a two-level lumbar spinal fusion surgery (L4-5 & L5S1) including surgeon fees, hospital and anesthesia cost. This is for degenerative disease, with significant spinal stenosis. I live in Texas, but will accept the info from any part of the US. Please identify the source.

Answers:
I found this posting from a user named Elaine on Health Boards.com:

"I had L5/S1 fusion with hardware in 2000. Two years later I had L4/L5 fusion. Both surgeries cost about the same. The first one was done in Illinois.Hospital was $58,000, surgeon was $34,000. All the hospital was covered by insurance. The doctor part sucked. They paid a little under $10,000, the doctor wrote off $10,000 and I am stuck paying the rest at $100.00 a month. In December I had the second fusion in Bakersfied,CA. Bills were close to the same, the difference being the hospital settled for $13,000, the rest was wrote off. The doctor agreed to $14,000, the rest was wrote off. I ended up paying a total of $99.00 to the doctor. Both were over seven hour surgeries. I have my rods and screws from the first fusion, they are unreal. To think they actually put this hardware in your back."

Here's the exact page:

http://www.healthboards.com/ubb/forum14/...

Hope this helps you!

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