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 South Carolina

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Average payment across these 42 hospitals: $2,688National $2,995 · South Carolina $2,688
Median hospital: $2,766
Lowest to highest: $2,024–$2,991
Medicare procedures: 2,831

42 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
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004 · +$744 outlier payments per case	214	$2,024	32% below the national average	$1,608	$31,216
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	78	$2,271	24% below the national average	$1,806	$16,349
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · CCN 420002	45	$2,445	18% below the national average	$1,854	$39,933
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420089	74	$2,554	15% below the national average	$1,967	$33,282
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · CCN 420080	59	$2,636	12% below the national average	$2,058	$43,232
McLeod Health CherawCheraw, SC · CCN 420107	15	$2,642	12% below the national average	$2,075	$23,041
Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC · CCN 420101	35	$2,646	12% below the national average	$2,083	$45,040
KershawHealthCamden, SC · CCN 420048	16	$2,648	12% below the national average	$2,083	$17,255
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	114	$2,696	About average	$2,131	$24,673
Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · CCN 420106	121	$2,708	About average	$2,143	$29,029
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	107	$2,712	About average	$2,147	$24,796
Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420087	329	$2,726	About average	$2,155	$16,887
Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420102	102	$2,727	About average	$2,159	$26,576
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420104	101	$2,727	About average	$2,158	$19,624
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · CCN 420098	56	$2,734	About average	$2,163	$15,151
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter, SC · CCN 420070	51	$2,738	About average	$2,175	$24,203
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · CCN 420073	103	$2,738	About average	$2,171	$22,737
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · CCN 420015	45	$2,743	About average	$2,175	$22,610
MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · CCN 420091	56	$2,745	About average	$2,179	$61,034
Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420079	48	$2,746	About average	$2,179	$41,194
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · CCN 420065	73	$2,762	About average	$2,194	$16,930
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	167	$2,770	About average	$2,198	$26,141
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · CCN 420082	19	$2,772	About average	$2,209	$39,241
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach, SC · CCN 420085	45	$2,772	About average	$2,209	$74,324
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · CCN 420086	39	$2,781	About average	$2,215	$27,439
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · CCN 420018	12	$2,782	About average	$2,201	$30,397
Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC · CCN 420053	13	$2,787	About average	$2,184	$15,451
Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420033	26	$2,792	About average	$2,225	$27,077
Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville, SC · CCN 420037	28	$2,792	About average	$2,225	$23,860
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078	172	$2,792	About average	$2,223	$13,324
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown, SC · CCN 420020	20	$2,793	About average	$2,225	$18,351
Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville, SC · CCN 420110	24	$2,805	About average	$2,235	$20,274
Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · CCN 420103	13	$2,815	About average	$2,242	$25,612
MUSC Health Chester Medical CenterChester, SC · CCN 420019	15	$2,847	About average	$2,256	$43,401
MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · CCN 420026	77	$2,848	About average	$2,263	$35,336
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca, SC · CCN 420009	25	$2,889	About average	$2,283	$27,322
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · CCN 420036	19	$2,909	About average	$2,313	$69,317
Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · CCN 420027	54	$2,925	About average	$2,322	$24,788
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · CCN 420067	57	$2,928	About average	$2,321	$10,219
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · CCN 420007	72	$2,958	About average	$2,330	$26,515
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · CCN 420071	68	$2,976	About average	$2,370	$17,191
Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro, SC · CCN 420030	24	$2,991	About average	$2,383	$23,086

National trend

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

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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.