All-inclusive bundled pricing for endoscopic spine surgery and interventional pain care — surgeon, anesthesia, facility, and routine post-op follow-up in one number. No surprise bills.
The all-inclusive (bundled) price includes a non-refundable $250 initial consultation fee (applied to the surgeon fee if the procedure is performed), the surgeon, anesthesia, facility, and routine post-op follow-up — one figure, quoted in writing before you commit.
Affordable Outpatient Surgery
What the bundled price includes — and what it doesn’t
Cash payment for services must be made at the time services are rendered. If insurance is filed, these prices do not apply. Pre-op lab work, imaging, pathology, and diagnostic tests deemed necessary by the treating physician are billed separately.
Included in the bundled price
Initial consultation ($250, credited to surgeon fee)
Surgeon fee
Anesthesia
Facility fees
Routine post-op follow-up
Billed separately
Pre-op lab work
X-ray, MRI, or CT imaging
Pathology
Additional diagnostic tests the physician deems necessary
Pricing disclaimer: If insurance is filed, these prices do not apply. Bundled cash pricing is a free-market, consumer-driven approach and is separate from insurance billing.
Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
The core alternative to spinal fusion
Outpatient. Incision less than one-third of an inch. Most patients home the same day.
Procedure
CPT Code
Bundled Price
Lumbar microdiscectomy
62380, 63030
$15,000
Lumbar laminotomy for spinal stenosis
62380, 63047
$15,000
Cervical microdiscectomy
63020
$16,000
Cervical foraminotomy
63020
$16,000
Percutaneous discectomy
62287
$6,000
Endoscopic Lumbar Medial Branch Ablation
22899
$7,400
Spinal Pain Management
Interventional pain procedures
Used diagnostically and therapeutically for facet-mediated and discogenic pain when appropriate.
An ideal fit for patients who want to make the decision themselves — not have an insurance company make it for them.
01
Cash to decide for themselves
Not an insurance company making the medical decisions.
02
High insurance deductibles
When your deductible exceeds the bundled price, cash-pay is often the cheaper path outright.
03
Health Savings Accounts
HSA funds cover qualified spine care — and you’ll know the full spend up front.
04
ERISA & self-funded plans
Small businesses with partially self-funded plans can direct employees to transparent pricing.
The Numbers
Compare the financial benefits of Synergy Spine Center
Hospital chargemaster data released under federal transparency rules makes direct comparison possible. Here’s how Synergy’s bundled cash price compares to nearby hospitals and to other endoscopic laser spine centers.
CPT Code / Procedure
Hospital A
Hospital B
Synergy Spine Center
Other endoscopic laser center
CPT 47562Laparoscopic Gallbladder
$43,512
$47,094
$5,800**
N/A
CPT 63047Lumbar spine surgery, no fusion
$40,382
$36,669
$15,000**
$29,000
CPT 63020Cervical spine surgery, no fusion
$40,382
$36,669
$16,000**
$22,000
** Bundled all-inclusive cash price at Synergy Spine Center. Hospital A and Hospital B figures reflect chargemaster data released under federal price-transparency rules.
Why transparency matters
Price transparency is how patients get real choices back
The high cost of healthcare is gripping the national conversation. Transparency of overall costs is leading the charge in offering options for affordable access and expenditure containment. For the first time, in May 2013 the federal government released charge data for common outpatient medical services in U.S. hospitals.
“Transparency of healthcare quality and cost information encourages providers and health plans to deliver high quality care; helps consumers make informed decisions about their care; and reduces healthcare spending.”
“True rational prices emerge from competitive activity. Real and fair competition is what’s been missing from healthcare — the system has become muddled, the result of a cartel that includes the federal government, large hospitals, and big insurance companies, all of whom profit from the status quo at the expense of surgery centers and consumers.”
Send us the MRI you already have. Dr. McMillan will tell you whether there’s a less-invasive path — and the full, all-inclusive price — before you commit to a thing.