Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,995 per procedure at 2,123 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,769 and $3,147.
Also known as: Orthopedic surgery, arthroscopy, outpatient joint surgery
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $2,995
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $2,769–$3,147
- Medicare’s share
- $2,373
- Average billed charge
- $23,965
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,123
Compare hospitals
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2,119 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 501–550. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center | 28 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $15,403 |
| Hillcrest Hospital | 59 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $15,817 |
| South Pointe Hospital | 13 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $16,950 |
| Lutheran Hospital | 50 | $2,763 | About average | $2,201 | $16,247 |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc | 18 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $19,314 |
| NMC Health | 25 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $8,136 |
| Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc | 34 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $14,167 |
| Wesley Medical Center | 39 | $2,763 | About average | $2,202 | $53,368 |
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas | 121 | $2,763 | About average | $2,200 | $20,180 |
| Tampa General Hospital Brooksville | 13 | $2,764 | About average | $2,156 | $61,340 |
| Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital | 104 | $2,764 | About average | $2,194 | $37,158 |
| Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph | 40 | $2,764 | About average | $2,177 | $11,884 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | 20 | $2,765 | About average | $2,154 | $26,617 |
| Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center | 29 | $2,765 | About average | $2,170 | $19,605 |
| Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital At Sherma | 85 | $2,765 | About average | $2,196 | $21,768 |
| Maple Grove Hospital | 15 | $2,765 | About average | $2,135 | $9,602 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple | 172 | $2,765 | About average | $2,189 | $13,945 |
| Fairview Lakes Health Services | 15 | $2,765 | About average | $2,132 | $11,145 |
| Licking Memorial Hospital | 47 | $2,766 | About average | $2,182 | $14,145 |
| Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center | 18 | $2,766 | About average | $2,178 | $24,074 |
| St Luke's Miners Memorial Hospital | 11 | $2,766 | About average | $2,160 | $26,701 |
| Kell West Regional Hospital | 14 | $2,767 | About average | $2,204 | $6,858 |
| Franciscan Health Lafayette | 39 | $2,767 | About average | $2,176 | $36,082 |
| Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc | 131 | $2,768 | About average | $2,199 | $14,453 |
| Methodist Hospital | 55 | $2,768 | About average | $2,197 | $32,560 |
| Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital | 13 | $2,768 | About average | $2,169 | $24,618 |
| South Texas Spine And Surgical Hospital | 15 | $2,768 | About average | $2,197 | $13,767 |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center | 31 | $2,768 | About average | $2,203 | $39,262 |
| Upper Valley Medical Center | 34 | $2,769 | About average | $2,185 | $15,385 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center | 91 | $2,769 | About average | $2,198 | $28,254 |
| Allen Hospital | 33 | $2,769 | About average | $2,206 | $11,135 |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare | 34 | $2,769 | About average | $2,206 | $8,630 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center | 69 | $2,769 | About average | $2,206 | $27,676 |
| Spencer Municipal Hospital | 49 | $2,769 | About average | $2,206 | $12,722 |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital | 29 | $2,769 | About average | $2,191 | $27,408 |
| Bronson Battle Creek Hospital | 35 | $2,770 | About average | $2,193 | $9,327 |
| Cumberland Medical Center | 32 | $2,770 | About average | $2,206 | $6,123 |
| McLaren Macomb | 28 | $2,770 | About average | $2,190 | $22,887 |
| Presbyterian Hospital | 24 | $2,770 | About average | $2,187 | $19,664 |
| Resolute Health Hospital | 50 | $2,770 | About average | $2,194 | $28,452 |
| St Francis-Downtown | 167 | $2,770 | About average | $2,198 | $26,141 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 73 | $2,770 | About average | $2,193 | $8,898 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital St Louis | 39 | $2,771 | About average | $2,196 | $15,380 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest | 169 | $2,772 | About average | $2,179 | $14,723 |
| Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital Fortworth | 49 | $2,772 | About average | $2,190 | $17,290 |
| Aiken Regional Medical Center | 19 | $2,772 | About average | $2,209 | $39,241 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 45 | $2,772 | About average | $2,209 | $74,324 |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital | 17 | $2,772 | About average | $2,209 | $26,039 |
| Northern Regional Hospital | 15 | $2,772 | About average | $2,190 | $9,079 |
| Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital | 19 | $2,772 | About average | $2,206 | $17,632 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2,660 | $19K |
| 2021 | $1,684 | $12K |
| 2022 | $2,815 | $21K |
| 2023 | $2,870 | $22K |
| 2024 | $2,995 | $24K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 6 | 413 | $1,583 | $1,314–$1,899 |
| Mississippi | 28 | 947 | $2,519 | $2,601–$2,686 |
| Alabama | 39 | 1,853 | $2,552 | $2,533–$2,680 |
| Tennessee | 49 | 2,127 | $2,620 | $2,638–$2,781 |
| Louisiana | 39 | 1,910 | $2,668 | $2,629–$2,719 |
| West Virginia | 20 | 804 | $2,683 | $2,599–$2,724 |
| South Carolina | 42 | 2,831 | $2,688 | $2,716–$2,802 |
| Ohio | 98 | 4,734 | $2,715 | $2,702–$2,815 |
| Georgia | 62 | 2,484 | $2,723 | $2,699–$2,930 |
| Kentucky | 37 | 1,726 | $2,727 | $2,706–$2,851 |
| Oklahoma | 47 | 3,250 | $2,735 | $2,692–$2,841 |
| Arkansas | 27 | 2,136 | $2,751 | $2,707–$2,897 |
| Kansas | 32 | 1,981 | $2,754 | $2,752–$2,852 |
| Missouri | 53 | 2,474 | $2,773 | $2,722–$2,915 |
| Michigan | 72 | 2,772 | $2,779 | $2,722–$2,890 |
| Iowa | 25 | 1,094 | $2,782 | $2,708–$2,900 |
| Nebraska | 19 | 1,210 | $2,813 | $2,834–$2,917 |
| Texas | 174 | 9,030 | $2,828 | $2,772–$2,922 |
| North Carolina | 65 | 2,991 | $2,846 | $2,785–$2,890 |
| Virginia | 54 | 2,605 | $2,856 | $2,778–$3,032 |
| Indiana | 56 | 2,731 | $2,859 | $2,854–$2,950 |
| Idaho | 14 | 939 | $2,879 | $2,864–$3,061 |
| Utah | 30 | 1,037 | $2,882 | $2,835–$2,900 |
| Florida | 111 | 5,022 | $2,883 | $2,871–$2,932 |
| New Mexico | 17 | 564 | $2,895 | $2,752–$2,910 |
| Maine | 14 | 591 | $2,895 | $2,738–$2,941 |
| Pennsylvania | 98 | 5,031 | $2,901 | $2,844–$3,083 |
| Wisconsin | 54 | 2,612 | $2,921 | $2,872–$2,995 |
| Illinois | 81 | 3,523 | $2,967 | $2,919–$3,073 |
| Minnesota | 43 | 1,776 | $2,975 | $2,937–$3,094 |
| Montana | 9 | 456 | $3,003 | $2,951–$3,187 |
| South Dakota | 13 | 1,592 | $3,054 | $3,014–$3,211 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 723 | $3,059 | $3,035–$3,078 |
| Colorado | 43 | 1,532 | $3,070 | $3,025–$3,081 |
| New Hampshire | 12 | 560 | $3,114 | $3,084–$3,162 |
| Arizona | 44 | 2,123 | $3,136 | $3,072–$3,156 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 243 | $3,183 | $3,156–$3,250 |
| Delaware | 6 | 415 | $3,203 | $3,186–$3,238 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 160 | $3,234 | $3,218–$3,312 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | 372 | $3,249 | $3,230–$3,285 |
| Washington | 41 | 1,980 | $3,260 | $3,204–$3,335 |
| Nevada | 16 | 646 | $3,395 | $3,325–$3,399 |
| New Jersey | 48 | 2,146 | $3,401 | $3,341–$3,505 |
| Massachusetts | 48 | 4,090 | $3,414 | $3,413–$3,476 |
| Alaska | 6 | 236 | $3,415 | $3,300–$3,453 |
| Oregon | 30 | 1,006 | $3,424 | $3,273–$3,396 |
| New York | 94 | 4,940 | $3,442 | $3,389–$3,647 |
| Connecticut | 25 | 750 | $3,562 | $3,515–$3,611 |
| Hawaii | 5 | 168 | $3,666 | $3,617–$3,899 |
| California | 150 | 6,667 | $4,064 | $3,960–$4,167 |
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.