Over the 8 years from 2001 to 2009, the cost of a lumbar spinal fusion with implants rose from under $6,000 to over $14,000 per case, with a small decline of 2% between 2008 and 2009. This was the second year in a row that the implant cost per case declined, Orthopedic Network News reported in its annual spine review. The data are for a group of hospitals monitored by ONN.
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