Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 470 · Surgery or procedure
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $17,318 per stay at 1,212 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $13,991 and $18,392.
Also known as: Hip replacement, knee replacement, joint replacement, arthroplasty
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $17,318
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $13,991–$18,392
- Medicare’s share
- $14,289
- Average billed charge
- $92,976
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,212
Compare hospitals
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1,212 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024; showing 751–800. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Hamot | 22 | $16,667 | About average | $14,775 | $105,719 |
| South Shore Hospital | 45 | $16,692 | About average | $12,674 | $30,121 |
| Alomere Health | 54 | $16,695 | About average | $14,207 | $43,789 |
| Erlanger Medical Center | 138 | $16,702 | About average | $13,947 | $43,357 |
| Nyack Hospital | 26 | $16,710 | About average | $15,078 | $80,133 |
| Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital | 22 | $16,736 | About average | $11,702 | $68,245 |
| Mount Nittany Medical Center | 13 | $16,741 | About average | $15,000 | $76,577 |
| Franciscan Health Mooresville | 26 | $16,753 | About average | $14,296 | $80,896 |
| Memorial Hospital Of South Bend | 11 | $16,754 | About average | $12,694 | $139,236 |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens Hospital | 17 | $16,771 | About average | $14,544 | $86,532 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 67 | $16,775 | About average | $15,058 | $73,354 |
| Deaconess Medical Center | 18 | $16,785 | About average | $13,076 | $104,855 |
| Saratoga Hospital | 21 | $16,797 | About average | $14,165 | $51,392 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 12 | $16,797 | About average | $12,314 | $41,095 |
| Medical Center Of McKinney | 78 | $16,842 | About average | $11,887 | $314,538 |
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital | 32 | $16,852 | About average | $12,757 | $199,406 |
| University Of Missouri Health Care | 36 | $16,853 | About average | $14,576 | $99,913 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing | 24 | $16,882 | About average | $13,718 | $64,564 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | 25 | $16,901 | About average | $15,334 | $145,401 |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | 203 | $16,911 | About average | $14,087 | $56,416 |
| Medical City Plano | 67 | $16,916 | About average | $14,674 | $341,612 |
| William W Backus Hospital | 66 | $16,918 | About average | $14,742 | $43,041 |
| AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 96 | $16,931 | About average | $14,781 | $83,297 |
| Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital | 20 | $16,931 | About average | $14,324 | $114,884 |
| AdventHealth Carrollwood | 27 | $16,946 | About average | $12,513 | $168,979 |
| Renown South Meadows Medical Center | 20 | $16,948 | About average | $13,236 | $68,782 |
| Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital | 16 | $16,950 | About average | $11,187 | $143,293 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | 15 | $16,951 | About average | $15,108 | $155,923 |
| Columbia Memorial Hospital | 13 | $16,953 | About average | $15,446 | $33,727 |
| HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital | 24 | $16,968 | About average | $13,406 | $222,345 |
| Hurley Medical Center | 11 | $16,977 | About average | $14,931 | $78,038 |
| Christiana Hospital | 77 | $16,994 | About average | $14,754 | $58,521 |
| Carolina East Medical Center | 15 | $17,001 | About average | $13,295 | $55,326 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc | 11 | $17,015 | About average | $14,889 | $152,086 |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center Of Florida, Inc | 21 | $17,026 | About average | $13,868 | $61,522 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin | 77 | $17,047 | About average | $13,846 | $207,284 |
| Confluence Health Hospital | 37 | $17,057 | About average | $13,327 | $76,229 |
| Phelps County Regional Medical Center | 20 | $17,077 | About average | $15,445 | $100,322 |
| Edward Hospital | 72 | $17,105 | About average | $10,449 | $68,832 |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health Center | 69 | $17,105 | About average | $14,761 | $50,774 |
| Medical City Dallas Hospital | 21 | $17,107 | About average | $12,928 | $291,873 |
| Community Medical Center | 69 | $17,119 | About average | $13,367 | $56,891 |
| Crouse Hospital | 19 | $17,120 | About average | $12,951 | $35,557 |
| Brigham City Community Hospital | 12 | $17,138 | About average | $15,506 | $87,694 |
| Sacred Heart Medical Center - Riverbend | 51 | $17,142 | About average | $13,866 | $78,681 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | 27 | $17,144 | About average | $12,371 | $154,297 |
| Plains Regional Medical Center | 28 | $17,147 | About average | $12,197 | $56,574 |
| HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center | 14 | $17,157 | About average | $15,875 | $88,613 |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health | 16 | $17,162 | About average | $12,720 | $97,419 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn | 54 | $17,185 | About average | $12,210 | $80,481 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $16K | $70K |
| 2021 | $16K | $74K |
| 2022 | $16K | $80K |
| 2023 | $17K | $86K |
| 2024 | $17K | $93K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 3 | 61 | $11,943 | $7,968–$14,471 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 294 | $12,966 | $12,954–$14,313 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 312 | $13,104 | $12,374–$14,606 |
| Mississippi | 14 | 609 | $13,519 | $12,760–$14,145 |
| South Dakota | 9 | 678 | $13,721 | $13,146–$16,236 |
| Iowa | 15 | 601 | $13,831 | $12,942–$13,900 |
| Kansas | 21 | 1,857 | $13,938 | $13,440–$15,106 |
| Kentucky | 14 | 448 | $14,059 | $13,325–$14,999 |
| Ohio | 42 | 1,724 | $14,132 | $12,682–$16,083 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 559 | $14,217 | $13,147–$15,593 |
| Oklahoma | 26 | 987 | $14,253 | $13,006–$14,911 |
| Montana | 6 | 221 | $14,308 | $13,450–$14,347 |
| Missouri | 32 | 1,013 | $14,460 | $13,415–$16,112 |
| Indiana | 34 | 1,382 | $14,468 | $14,000–$15,548 |
| Tennessee | 29 | 1,269 | $14,539 | $13,051–$14,839 |
| Alabama | 24 | 1,069 | $14,555 | $13,099–$14,915 |
| Nebraska | 11 | 311 | $14,687 | $13,061–$15,452 |
| Texas | 77 | 3,658 | $14,714 | $13,671–$16,472 |
| Wisconsin | 20 | 790 | $14,936 | $13,150–$16,031 |
| Idaho | 7 | 158 | $15,223 | $14,656–$15,780 |
| West Virginia | 10 | 391 | $15,365 | $13,520–$14,636 |
| Arizona | 29 | 1,348 | $15,381 | $13,993–$16,068 |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | 3,540 | $15,447 | $13,455–$16,451 |
| Florida | 88 | 3,655 | $15,466 | $13,758–$16,947 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 66 | $15,534 | $14,826–$15,848 |
| North Carolina | 41 | 2,173 | $15,559 | $13,556–$16,364 |
| Virginia | 34 | 1,195 | $15,613 | $13,882–$15,834 |
| Colorado | 17 | 525 | $15,835 | $14,730–$18,641 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 279 | $16,134 | $14,902–$18,577 |
| Michigan | 37 | 1,129 | $16,186 | $15,495–$16,931 |
| Illinois | 45 | 2,287 | $16,408 | $14,382–$17,105 |
| Georgia | 27 | 596 | $16,511 | $14,885–$17,557 |
| Minnesota | 20 | 875 | $16,573 | $14,734–$16,840 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 230 | $16,805 | $14,916–$16,300 |
| Delaware | 1 | 77 | $16,994 | $16,994–$16,994 |
| Utah | 14 | 490 | $17,031 | $14,140–$16,633 |
| New Jersey | 26 | 1,178 | $17,455 | $15,951–$18,339 |
| Washington | 26 | 847 | $17,692 | $16,007–$18,066 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | 3,696 | $17,888 | $15,963–$20,454 |
| Maine | 3 | 65 | $18,052 | $16,627–$18,917 |
| New Mexico | 6 | 220 | $18,266 | $13,293–$16,866 |
| Nevada | 9 | 301 | $18,716 | $17,683–$19,302 |
| Oregon | 13 | 389 | $18,925 | $17,407–$20,120 |
| Connecticut | 12 | 655 | $19,326 | $17,542–$19,617 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 132 | $19,492 | $19,677–$22,676 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 114 | $20,777 | $20,229–$21,135 |
| California | 119 | 6,875 | $21,622 | $18,851–$21,981 |
| Alaska | 3 | 245 | $22,368 | $21,985–$28,516 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 119 | $22,397 | $20,799–$24,183 |
| New York | 56 | 6,517 | $23,235 | $17,402–$23,354 |
| Maryland | 25 | 911 | $25,079 | $24,194–$31,274 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.