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 Washington

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Average payment across these 40 hospitals: $1,649National $1,511 · Washington $1,649
Median hospital: $1,641
Lowest to highest: $1,521–$1,774
Medicare procedures: 2,105

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
Trios HealthKennewick, WA · CCN 500053	14	$1,521	About average	$1,193	$6,156
Highline Medical CenterBurien, WA · CCN 500011	13	$1,541	About average	$1,207	$13,412
Multicare Valley HospitalSpokane Valley, WA · CCN 500119	83	$1,551	About average	$1,223	$8,892
St Joseph Medical CenterTacoma, WA · CCN 500108	63	$1,555	About average	$1,202	$17,501
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon, WA · CCN 500003	80	$1,568	About average	$1,241	$7,356
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Childrens HospitalSpokane, WA · CCN 500054	69	$1,578	About average	$1,245	$8,043
Multicare Auburn Medical CenterAuburn, WA · CCN 500015	22	$1,582	About average	$1,248	$17,043
Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500064	44	$1,584	About average	$1,252	$10,849
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500005	121	$1,590	About average	$1,259	$8,051
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland, WA · CCN 500124	115	$1,598	About average	$1,261	$7,862
Swedish IssaquahIssaquah, WA · CCN 500152	28	$1,605	About average	$1,270	$13,236
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue, WA · CCN 500051	37	$1,606	About average	$1,272	$13,214
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokane, WA · CCN 500044	16	$1,613	About average	$1,285	$9,246
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane, WA · CCN 500077	75	$1,613	About average	$1,283	$8,711
University Of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500008	99	$1,613	About average	$1,282	$8,789
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichland, WA · CCN 500058	41	$1,613	About average	$1,281	$10,208
Island HospitalAnacortes, WA · CCN 500007	12	$1,625	About average	$1,295	$6,387
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympia, WA · CCN 500024	53	$1,625	About average	$1,295	$15,797
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma, WA · CCN 500129	54	$1,632	About average	$1,291	$15,939
Cascade Valley HospitalArlington, WA · CCN 500060	11	$1,641	About average	$1,308	$8,209
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmonds, WA · CCN 500026	24	$1,641	About average	$1,308	$13,576
Valley Medical CenterRenton, WA · CCN 500088	21	$1,641	About average	$1,308	$10,317
St Francis Community HospitalFederal Way, WA · CCN 500141	21	$1,641	About average	$1,306	$17,292
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverett, WA · CCN 500014	23	$1,642	About average	$1,300	$17,534
Multicare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallup, WA · CCN 500079	55	$1,656	About average	$1,319	$16,319
St Clare HospitalLakewood, WA · CCN 500021	15	$1,656	About average	$1,319	$15,500
St Anthony HospitalGig Harbor, WA · CCN 500151	20	$1,656	About average	$1,305	$17,164
PeaceHealth St John Medical CenterLongview, WA · CCN 500041	28	$1,685	12% above the national average	$1,319	$19,182
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver, WA · CCN 500050	22	$1,686	12% above the national average	$1,344	$20,784
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouver, WA · CCN 500150	20	$1,687	12% above the national average	$1,334	$12,181
Swedish Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500027	59	$1,699	12% above the national average	$1,346	$11,948
Olympic Medical CenterPort Angeles, WA · CCN 500072	146	$1,701	13% above the national average	$1,348	$3,560
St Michael Medical CenterSilverdale, WA · CCN 500039	64	$1,712	13% above the national average	$1,356	$21,129
Yakima Valley MemorialYakima, WA · CCN 500036	128	$1,717	14% above the national average	$1,364	$9,902
Confluence Health HospitalWenatchee, WA · CCN 500016	179	$1,725	14% above the national average	$1,370	$5,263
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla Walla, WA · CCN 500002	51	$1,728	14% above the national average	$1,376	$9,314
PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical CenterBellingham, WA · CCN 500030	56	$1,728	14% above the national average	$1,373	$11,969
Samaritan HospitalMoses Lake, WA · CCN 500033	23	$1,728	14% above the national average	$1,372	$9,564
Grays Harbor Community HospitalAberdeen, WA · CCN 500031	72	$1,733	15% above the national average	$1,381	$12,033
Providence Centralia HospitalCentralia, WA · CCN 500019	28	$1,774	17% above the national average	$1,410	$15,388

National trend

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

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Average billed charge

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.