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 New Jersey

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Average payment across these 38 hospitals: $1,689National $1,511 · New Jersey $1,689
Median hospital: $1,683
Lowest to highest: $1,260–$1,829
Medicare procedures: 1,533

38 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
Cooper University HospitalCamden, NJ · CCN 310014	55	$1,260	17% below the national average	$1,004	$12,314
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	38	$1,542	About average	$1,194	$9,780
Monmouth Medical CenterLong Branch, NJ · CCN 310075	20	$1,574	About average	$1,218	$10,399
JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · CCN 310108	18	$1,610	About average	$1,283	$11,019
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	21	$1,622	About average	$1,277	$16,578
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center - City CampusAtlantic City, NJ · CCN 310064	30	$1,638	About average	$1,296	$19,933
Hunterdon Medical CenterFlemington, NJ · CCN 310005	19	$1,638	About average	$1,305	$9,654
Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterLivingston, NJ · CCN 310076	34	$1,647	About average	$1,292	$13,154
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034	24	$1,647	About average	$1,285	$12,845
Robert Wood Johnson University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310038	32	$1,674	11% above the national average	$1,306	$14,582
University Medical Center Of Princeton At PlainsboroPlainsboro, NJ · CCN 310010	101	$1,678	11% above the national average	$1,329	$14,200
Inspira Medical Center Mullica HillElmer, NJ · CCN 310069	36	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,341	$13,061
Inspira Medical Center VinelandVineland, NJ · CCN 310032	12	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,341	$12,294
Newton Medical CenterNewton, NJ · CCN 310028	25	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,341	$25,430
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - SomersetSomerville, NJ · CCN 310048	21	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,341	$11,793
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · CCN 310047	21	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,341	$13,291
Cape Regional Medical Center IncCape May Court House, NJ · CCN 310011	44	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,339	$10,978
Ahs Hospital CorpHackettstown, NJ · CCN 310115	35	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,339	$16,877
Ocean Medical CenterBrick, NJ · CCN 310052	50	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,333	$9,649
West Jersey HospitalVoorhees, NJ · CCN 310022	39	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,333	$22,567
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	20	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,331	$17,941
Southern Ocean Medical CenterManahawkin, NJ · CCN 310113	19	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,331	$13,099
Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ · CCN 310057	17	$1,683	11% above the national average	$1,330	$19,245
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	91	$1,692	12% above the national average	$1,341	$13,251
Morristown Medical CenterMorristown, NJ · CCN 310015	193	$1,696	12% above the national average	$1,344	$12,921
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside MedicalMontclair, NJ · CCN 310054	52	$1,700	13% above the national average	$1,345	$8,265
CentraState Medical CenterFreehold, NJ · CCN 310111	32	$1,704	13% above the national average	$1,357	$12,083
Jersey Shore University Medical CenterNeptune, NJ · CCN 310073	31	$1,704	13% above the national average	$1,347	$12,015
Bayshore Medical CenterHolmdel, NJ · CCN 310112	19	$1,704	13% above the national average	$1,338	$12,688
Saint Peter's University HospitalNew Brunswick, NJ · CCN 310070	11	$1,705	13% above the national average	$1,359	$46,695
Raritan Bay Medical CenterPerth Amboy, NJ · CCN 310039	28	$1,705	13% above the national average	$1,358	$8,686
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · CCN 310019	38	$1,714	13% above the national average	$1,335	$13,317
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	59	$1,780	18% above the national average	$1,405	$20,416
Chilton Medical CenterPompton Plains, NJ · CCN 310017	35	$1,809	20% above the national average	$1,441	$12,888
Overlook Medical CenterSummit, NJ · CCN 310051	51	$1,809	20% above the national average	$1,435	$11,833
Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · CCN 310012	117	$1,821	21% above the national average	$1,445	$11,024
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, NJ · CCN 310008	29	$1,829	21% above the national average	$1,457	$9,108
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · CCN 310074	16	$1,829	21% above the national average	$1,457	$13,081

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.