Outpatient procedure · APC 5113 · Surgery or procedure

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: $2,37379% of the payment
Average billed charge: $23,965
Hospitals reporting: 2,123104,003 procedures

Hospitals in Massachusetts

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Average payment across these 48 hospitals: $3,414National $2,995 · Massachusetts $3,414
Median hospital: $3,455
Lowest to highest: $2,899–$3,604
Medicare procedures: 4,090

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

Medicare payments per case for Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Boston Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220031	59	$2,899	About average	$2,300	$9,197
New England Baptist HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220088	84	$2,905	About average	$2,315	$10,830
Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · CCN 220063	46	$3,123	About average	$2,404	$8,812
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton, MA · CCN 220111	88	$3,168	About average	$2,522	$11,303
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA · CCN 220036	16	$3,303	10% above the national average	$2,585	$7,456
Brigham And Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain, MA · CCN 220119	130	$3,325	11% above the national average	$2,623	$16,015
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton, MA · CCN 220073	78	$3,328	11% above the national average	$2,636	$6,670
UMass Memorial HealthAlliance HospitalsLeominster, MA · CCN 220001	43	$3,331	11% above the national average	$2,640	$14,378
Marlborough HospitalMarlborough, MA · CCN 220049	52	$3,356	12% above the national average	$2,662	$14,482
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge, MA · CCN 220019	73	$3,362	12% above the national average	$2,656	$15,133
Heywood Hospital -Gardner, MA · CCN 220095	62	$3,395	13% above the national average	$2,688	$9,287
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220116	57	$3,404	14% above the national average	$2,695	$15,025
Brigham And Women's HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220110	165	$3,416	14% above the national average	$2,710	$24,914
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton, MA · CCN 220015	48	$3,419	14% above the national average	$2,712	$18,146
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River, MA · CCN 220074	140	$3,422	14% above the national average	$2,716	$13,200
UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester, MA · CCN 220163	54	$3,425	14% above the national average	$2,718	$15,468
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA · CCN 220171	170	$3,427	14% above the national average	$2,721	$8,171
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA · CCN 220071 · +$324 outlier payments per case	406	$3,430	15% above the national average	$2,727	$27,092
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River, MA · CCN 220020	152	$3,440	15% above the national average	$2,731	$9,696
Emerson Hospital -W Concord, MA · CCN 220084	77	$3,440	15% above the national average	$2,731	$10,077
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 220100	233	$3,441	15% above the national average	$2,734	$4,761
Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · CCN 220105	85	$3,444	15% above the national average	$2,737	$9,282
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · CCN 220002	90	$3,452	15% above the national average	$2,746	$4,947
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA · CCN 220090	72	$3,452	15% above the national average	$2,750	$6,231
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton, MA · CCN 220101	291	$3,457	15% above the national average	$2,750	$12,899
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220077	86	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$9,657
Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer, MA · CCN 220030	14	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$5,843
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 220086	63	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$10,010
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · CCN 220012	138	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$10,000
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA · CCN 220029	45	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$7,906
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield, MA · CCN 220016	22	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$8,809
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MA · CCN 220083	47	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$7,207
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA · CCN 220011	33	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$6,123
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke, MA · CCN 220024	28	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$13,126
MelroseWakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA · CCN 220070	35	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$11,551
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · CCN 220010	26	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$10,312
Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalBrockton, MA · CCN 220052	27	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,770	$8,539
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth, MA · CCN 220135	99	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,768	$9,920
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · CCN 220060	119	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,768	$12,539
Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield, MA · CCN 220065	27	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,768	$7,042
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly, MA · CCN 220033	74	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,768	$6,945
North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · CCN 220035	38	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,768	$12,209
Mercy Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 220066	75	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,767	$8,660
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro, MA · CCN 220008	43	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,767	$9,935
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton, MA · CCN 220108	56	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,765	$5,951
St Vincent HospitalWorcester, MA · CCN 220176	99	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,764	$33,916
Holy Family HospitalMethuen, MA · CCN 220080	20	$3,476	16% above the national average	$2,760	$8,946
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA · CCN 220046	105	$3,604	20% above the national average	$2,862	$14,541

National trend

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

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 125,574 procedures at 2,351 hospitals · 2021: 206,449 procedures at 2,335 hospitals · 2022: 117,912 procedures at 2,259 hospitals · 2023: 113,399 procedures at 2,189 hospitals · 2024: 104,003 procedures at 2,123 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
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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Average payment by state for Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures, 2024
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.