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 Mississippi

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Average payment across these 28 hospitals: $2,519National $2,995 · Mississippi $2,519
Median hospital: $2,643
Lowest to highest: $1,618–$2,903
Medicare procedures: 947

28 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
Memorial Hospital At GulfportGulfport, MS · CCN 250019	127	$1,618	46% below the national average	$1,275	$25,853
Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS · CCN 250138	20	$2,426	19% below the national average	$1,881	$80,682
University Of Mississippi Medical Center- GrenadaGrenada, MS · CCN 250168	18	$2,526	16% below the national average	$1,989	$18,556
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS · CCN 250094	12	$2,551	15% below the national average	$2,004	$33,504
Greenwood Leflore HospitalGreenwood, MS · CCN 250099	15	$2,553	15% below the national average	$1,992	$10,142
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS · CCN 250078	79	$2,563	14% below the national average	$2,022	$15,505
Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS · CCN 250096	16	$2,575	14% below the national average	$2,024	$75,690
George Regional Health SystemLucedale, MS · CCN 250036	20	$2,610	13% below the national average	$2,034	$9,800
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford, MS · CCN 250034	19	$2,615	13% below the national average	$2,064	$16,215
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth, MS · CCN 250009	88	$2,617	13% below the national average	$2,075	$13,949
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union CountyNew Albany, MS · CCN 250006	26	$2,627	12% below the national average	$2,069	$14,273
North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore AmoryAmory, MS · CCN 250025	26	$2,643	12% below the national average	$2,106	$15,960
Singing River GulfportGulfport, MS · CCN 250123	19	$2,643	12% below the national average	$2,106	$65,585
Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical CenterMccomb, MS · CCN 250097	14	$2,643	12% below the national average	$2,106	$7,351
Baptist Memorial Hospital BoonevilleBooneville, MS · CCN 250044	30	$2,643	12% below the national average	$2,102	$8,680
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville, MS · CCN 250050	14	$2,643	12% below the national average	$2,099	$8,652
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS · CCN 250069	70	$2,648	12% below the national average	$2,103	$12,668
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula, MS · CCN 250040	24	$2,664	11% below the national average	$2,122	$30,260
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS · CCN 250102	57	$2,672	11% below the national average	$2,121	$23,830
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS · CCN 250104	27	$2,678	11% below the national average	$2,134	$9,968
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus, MS · CCN 250100	19	$2,678	11% below the national average	$2,134	$12,537
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS · CCN 250048	51	$2,710	About average	$2,157	$15,215
University Of Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS · CCN 250001	64	$2,710	About average	$2,153	$20,709
Wayne General HospitalWaynesboro, MS · CCN 250077	15	$2,831	About average	$2,256	$4,473
King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS · CCN 250057	14	$2,851	About average	$2,272	$8,522
Delta Health System - The Medical CenterGreenville, MS · CCN 250082	14	$2,863	About average	$2,281	$12,069
Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS · CCN 250031	17	$2,887	About average	$2,300	$45,071
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo, MS · CCN 250004	32	$2,903	About average	$2,313	$21,479

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.