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
Hospitals in New Jersey
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 26 hospitals
- $17,455
- Median hospital
- $17,025
- Lowest to highest
- $14,815–$23,227
- Medicare stays
- 1,178
26 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Regional Medical Center Inc | 11 | $14,815 | 14% below the national average | $13,462 | $81,476 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At Hamilton | 32 | $15,092 | 13% below the national average | $12,569 | $75,296 |
| Shore Medical Center | 14 | $15,139 | 13% below the national average | $13,464 | $84,037 |
| West Jersey Hospital | 39 | $15,171 | 12% below the national average | $12,388 | $172,513 |
| Riverview Medical Center | 51 | $15,188 | 12% below the national average | $12,886 | $64,042 |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset | 25 | $15,618 | About average | $13,903 | $82,858 |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | 121 | $15,945 | About average | $14,219 | $54,973 |
| University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | 49 | $15,970 | About average | $13,918 | $76,984 |
| Valley Hospital | 11 | $16,135 | About average | $14,607 | $80,515 |
| Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | 17 | $16,528 | About average | $14,896 | $80,884 |
| Hudson Regional Hospital | 38 | $16,578 | About average | $14,854 | $116,174 |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | 67 | $16,775 | About average | $15,058 | $73,354 |
| AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City Campus | 96 | $16,931 | About average | $14,781 | $83,297 |
| Community Medical Center | 69 | $17,119 | About average | $13,367 | $56,891 |
| Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell | 18 | $17,490 | About average | $15,068 | $226,756 |
| Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus | 39 | $17,719 | About average | $15,450 | $155,729 |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital | 26 | $17,822 | About average | $14,493 | $92,685 |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical | 31 | $18,197 | About average | $16,137 | $67,569 |
| Overlook Medical Center | 66 | $18,222 | About average | $16,463 | $90,220 |
| Morristown Medical Center | 188 | $18,378 | About average | $16,249 | $88,007 |
| Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | 31 | $19,239 | 11% above the national average | $17,278 | $240,863 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | 18 | $19,275 | 11% above the national average | $15,092 | $67,058 |
| Cooper University Hospital | 14 | $19,498 | 13% above the national average | $17,551 | $96,163 |
| Monmouth Medical Center | 60 | $20,447 | 18% above the national average | $17,310 | $67,374 |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | 23 | $22,809 | 32% above the national average | $17,354 | $81,125 |
| St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc | 24 | $23,227 | 34% above the national average | $19,179 | $154,788 |
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.