Outpatient procedure · APC 5112 · Surgery or procedure

Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,511 per procedure at 1,819 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,386 and $1,603.

Also known as: Orthopedic surgery, arthroscopy, outpatient joint surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,511
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,386–$1,603
Medicare’s share: $1,19679% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,397
Hospitals reporting: 1,81974,793 procedures

Hospitals in Arizona

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Average payment across these 40 hospitals: $1,570National $1,511 · Arizona $1,570
Median hospital: $1,567
Lowest to highest: $1,508–$1,740
Medicare procedures: 1,437

40 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030092	21	$1,508	About average	$1,189	$25,066
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson CampusTucson, AZ · CCN 030064	34	$1,512	About average	$1,205	$10,356
Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030103	220	$1,513	About average	$1,198	$11,146
Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ · CCN 030111	29	$1,524	About average	$1,200	$5,846
HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 030123	38	$1,539	About average	$1,221	$14,688
Tucson Medical CenterTucson, AZ · CCN 030006	31	$1,542	About average	$1,229	$7,321
HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 030087	43	$1,545	About average	$1,231	$18,391
The Core Institute Specialty HospitalPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030108	104	$1,552	About average	$1,235	$9,751
Arizona Spine And Joint HospitalMesa, AZ · CCN 030107	114	$1,556	About average	$1,238	$6,469
HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030146	30	$1,561	About average	$1,244	$21,296
Abrazo Scottsdale CampusPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030083	14	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$21,843
Arizona Orthopedic And Surgical Specialty HospitalPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030112	11	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$7,605
Banner Boswell Medical CenterSun City, AZ · CCN 030061	26	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$9,463
Banner Del E. Webb Medical CenterSun City West, AZ · CCN 030093	45	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$10,966
Banner Ironwood Medical CenterQueen Creek, AZ · CCN 030130	11	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$9,968
Chandler Regional Medical CenterChandler, AZ · CCN 030036	42	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$17,445
HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical CenterMesa, AZ · CCN 030121	14	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$20,100
Honor Health John C. Lincoln Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · CCN 030014	23	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$20,112
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 030038	38	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$19,368
Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbert, AZ · CCN 030119	20	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$14,720
Oro Valley HospitalOro Valley, AZ · CCN 030114	25	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$21,768
Western Arizona Regional Medical CenterBullhead City, AZ · CCN 030101	21	$1,567	About average	$1,249	$28,435
St Joseph's HospitalTucson, AZ · CCN 030011	16	$1,567	About average	$1,248	$28,185
Kingman Regional Medical CenterKingman, AZ · CCN 030055	17	$1,567	About average	$1,246	$25,812
Dignity Health Arizona General HospitalMesa, AZ · CCN 030139	12	$1,567	About average	$1,241	$6,997
Northwest Medical CenterTucson, AZ · CCN 030085	44	$1,567	About average	$1,240	$22,864
Abrazo West CampusGoodyear, AZ · CCN 030110	16	$1,567	About average	$1,237	$32,113
Banner Ocotillo Medical CenterChandler, AZ · CCN 030147	11	$1,567	About average	$1,236	$10,921
Banner Desert Medical CenterMesa, AZ · CCN 030065	18	$1,568	About average	$1,233	$12,308
Northwest Medical Center SahuaritaSahuarita, AZ · CCN 030148	18	$1,568	About average	$1,233	$26,977
Banner Baywood Medical CenterMesa, AZ · CCN 030088	28	$1,568	About average	$1,228	$9,150
Valley View Medical CenterFort Mohave, AZ · CCN 030117	11	$1,591	About average	$1,249	$30,438
Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ · CCN 030013	77	$1,607	About average	$1,274	$12,679
Canyon Vista Medical CenterSierra Vista, AZ · CCN 030043	20	$1,612	About average	$1,270	$24,182
Banner Casa Grande Medical CenterCasa Grande, AZ · CCN 030016	20	$1,612	About average	$1,258	$9,855
Yavapai Regional Medical CenterPrescott, AZ · CCN 030012	43	$1,648	About average	$1,298	$10,460
Flagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaff, AZ · CCN 030023	26	$1,678	11% above the national average	$1,337	$6,827
Verde Valley Medical CenterCottonwood, AZ · CCN 030007	35	$1,678	11% above the national average	$1,337	$8,167
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical CenterShow Low, AZ · CCN 030062	30	$1,679	11% above the national average	$1,331	$7,529
Havasu Regional Medical CenterLake Havasu City, AZ · CCN 030069	41	$1,740	15% above the national average	$1,384	$19,524

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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2020: 72,034 procedures at 1,920 hospitals · 2021: 76,736 procedures at 1,979 hospitals · 2022: 76,304 procedures at 1,953 hospitals · 2023: 74,709 procedures at 1,886 hospitals · 2024: 74,793 procedures at 1,819 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,336	$9,994
2021	$1,385	$10K
2022	$1,402	$11K
2023	$1,399	$12K
2024	$1,511	$12K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	501	$686	$655–$932
Mississippi	15	447	$1,143	$1,298–$1,315
South Carolina	38	1,868	$1,302	$1,339–$1,387
Alabama	28	868	$1,311	$1,300–$1,349
Tennessee	37	1,298	$1,317	$1,309–$1,381
Louisiana	28	1,063	$1,333	$1,306–$1,360
West Virginia	19	586	$1,333	$1,293–$1,363
Georgia	54	1,512	$1,343	$1,358–$1,465
Ohio	86	3,612	$1,346	$1,332–$1,398
Kentucky	27	971	$1,363	$1,334–$1,395
Oklahoma	38	1,936	$1,366	$1,353–$1,397
Arkansas	24	1,351	$1,375	$1,351–$1,434
Michigan	59	2,063	$1,378	$1,377–$1,435
Kansas	27	1,211	$1,391	$1,372–$1,429
Iowa	20	704	$1,392	$1,363–$1,434
Missouri	48	1,646	$1,397	$1,373–$1,447
Indiana	46	1,499	$1,414	$1,433–$1,463
Texas	135	5,815	$1,414	$1,395–$1,449
Idaho	13	667	$1,418	$1,446–$1,498
Nebraska	16	776	$1,424	$1,405–$1,462
Florida	101	3,550	$1,425	$1,428–$1,456
Virginia	52	2,383	$1,426	$1,384–$1,500
North Carolina	55	2,093	$1,428	$1,399–$1,447
Utah	25	731	$1,432	$1,395–$1,440
Maine	11	315	$1,451	$1,402–$1,496
Pennsylvania	89	4,368	$1,454	$1,422–$1,538
Wisconsin	48	1,852	$1,461	$1,441–$1,491
Illinois	66	2,210	$1,486	$1,455–$1,526
New Mexico	10	474	$1,502	$1,400–$1,499
Colorado	27	746	$1,510	$1,530–$1,533
Montana	9	389	$1,516	$1,499–$1,519
New Hampshire	10	475	$1,522	$1,505–$1,539
South Dakota	13	1,029	$1,525	$1,498–$1,614
Minnesota	41	1,407	$1,528	$1,487–$1,546
North Dakota	5	594	$1,541	$1,507–$1,572
Arizona	40	1,437	$1,570	$1,566–$1,568
Wyoming	6	118	$1,584	$1,527–$1,614
Delaware	5	335	$1,610	$1,613–$1,613
Rhode Island	7	233	$1,617	$1,583–$1,631
District of Columbia	5	172	$1,623	$1,644–$1,644
Washington	40	2,105	$1,649	$1,603–$1,690
New Jersey	38	1,533	$1,689	$1,675–$1,704
Alaska	6	195	$1,697	$1,668–$1,720
Massachusetts	47	3,693	$1,708	$1,695–$1,726
Nevada	16	427	$1,711	$1,699–$1,722
Oregon	26	779	$1,720	$1,651–$1,730
New York	89	4,787	$1,731	$1,704–$1,815
Connecticut	21	595	$1,788	$1,762–$1,809
Hawaii	9	274	$1,893	$1,809–$1,980
California	138	5,100	$2,038	$1,976–$2,116

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. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. 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 Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.