Outpatient procedure · APC 5114 · Surgery or procedure

Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $6,708 per procedure at 2,236 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,160 and $6,976.

Also known as: Orthopedic surgery, arthroscopy, outpatient joint surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $6,708
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $6,160–$6,976
Medicare’s share: $5,33980% of the payment
Average billed charge: $46,846
Hospitals reporting: 2,236166,476 procedures

Hospitals in Louisiana

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Average payment across these 44 hospitals: $5,934National $6,708 · Louisiana $5,934
Median hospital: $5,948
Lowest to highest: $5,761–$6,194
Medicare procedures: 2,934

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

Medicare payments per case for Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · CCN 190164	13	$5,761	14% below the national average	$4,513	$66,544
Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · CCN 190303	18	$5,792	14% below the national average	$4,614	$45,303
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · CCN 190274	19	$5,806	13% below the national average	$4,574	$42,011
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · CCN 190317	21	$5,811	13% below the national average	$4,581	$37,975
Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190270	20	$5,818	13% below the national average	$4,587	$85,780
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190202	42	$5,821	13% below the national average	$4,592	$35,272
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · CCN 190245	36	$5,834	13% below the national average	$4,624	$27,506
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	129	$5,838	13% below the national average	$4,629	$46,650
Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190278	291	$5,838	13% below the national average	$4,614	$26,722
Omega Hospital, LLCMetairie, LA · CCN 190302 · +$6,163 outlier payments per case	41	$5,858	13% below the national average	$4,646	$42,371
Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190255	192	$5,869	13% below the national average	$4,652	$33,070
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190259	118	$5,871	12% below the national average	$4,662	$26,349
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	71	$5,873	12% below the national average	$4,652	$37,882
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	130	$5,875	12% below the national average	$4,666	$22,496
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · CCN 190102	78	$5,887	12% below the national average	$4,672	$35,267
The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190266	85	$5,894	12% below the national average	$4,660	$25,918
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	66	$5,916	12% below the national average	$4,654	$47,407
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190019	18	$5,920	12% below the national average	$4,661	$72,509
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190064	43	$5,937	11% below the national average	$4,696	$30,665
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · CCN 190086	12	$5,948	11% below the national average	$4,739	$40,550
Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · CCN 190044	28	$5,948	11% below the national average	$4,739	$23,893
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · CCN 190160	16	$5,948	11% below the national average	$4,739	$36,095
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036 · +$2,459 outlier payments per case	192	$5,948	11% below the national average	$4,738	$72,181
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · CCN 190015	14	$5,957	11% below the national average	$4,746	$62,028
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · CCN 190045	49	$5,961	11% below the national average	$4,730	$52,974
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	109	$5,971	11% below the national average	$4,740	$95,619
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	58	$5,977	11% below the national average	$4,744	$37,114
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	124	$5,995	11% below the national average	$4,733	$67,895
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · CCN 190008	58	$6,002	11% below the national average	$4,782	$23,855
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · CCN 190017	51	$6,002	11% below the national average	$4,779	$23,260
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	223	$6,004	10% below the national average	$4,742	$37,619
Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · CCN 190144	17	$6,006	10% below the national average	$4,785	$57,489
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190065	18	$6,008	10% below the national average	$4,786	$29,191
Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190201	32	$6,010	10% below the national average	$4,785	$80,036
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027 · +$408 outlier payments per case	92	$6,030	10% below the national average	$4,783	$69,208
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	91	$6,031	10% below the national average	$4,774	$39,352
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · CCN 190020	16	$6,049	About average	$4,819	$35,949
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190251	63	$6,049	About average	$4,819	$17,139
Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190128	12	$6,049	About average	$4,819	$29,428
Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190256	37	$6,060	About average	$4,828	$34,760
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	29	$6,060	About average	$4,828	$42,182
AvalaCovington, LA · CCN 190267	134	$6,060	About average	$4,825	$40,684
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · CCN 190039	17	$6,060	About average	$4,813	$45,129
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · CCN 190026	11	$6,194	About average	$4,935	$129,565

National trend

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

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 185,926 procedures at 2,416 hospitals · 2021: 195,670 procedures at 2,445 hospitals · 2022: 186,999 procedures at 2,389 hospitals · 2023: 171,396 procedures at 2,317 hospitals · 2024: 166,476 procedures at 2,236 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$5,850	$36K
2021	$6,173	$38K
2022	$6,265	$41K
2023	$6,439	$43K
2024	$6,708	$47K

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 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	406	$3,797	$3,255–$3,916
Alabama	40	3,199	$5,780	$5,631–$5,969
Mississippi	27	1,649	$5,823	$5,775–$5,941
Tennessee	51	3,601	$5,874	$5,762–$6,061
Louisiana	44	2,934	$5,934	$5,870–$6,009
South Carolina	42	4,711	$5,959	$5,941–$6,150
West Virginia	19	1,042	$6,000	$5,847–$6,062
Oklahoma	47	4,231	$6,079	$5,978–$6,242
Ohio	97	6,480	$6,094	$6,004–$6,255
Kentucky	38	2,604	$6,103	$5,904–$6,196
Arkansas	27	3,228	$6,128	$5,995–$6,357
Kansas	37	3,194	$6,178	$6,076–$6,414
Missouri	54	4,429	$6,179	$6,129–$6,357
Michigan	73	3,919	$6,197	$6,092–$6,411
Iowa	26	1,799	$6,231	$6,040–$6,446
Georgia	73	4,396	$6,231	$6,047–$6,499
Texas	188	14,876	$6,317	$6,207–$6,467
Virginia	56	4,434	$6,335	$6,122–$6,565
North Carolina	65	5,586	$6,354	$6,226–$6,437
Indiana	65	4,325	$6,361	$6,324–$6,467
Utah	31	1,792	$6,374	$6,159–$6,409
Florida	131	10,094	$6,397	$6,364–$6,480
Nebraska	23	1,952	$6,401	$6,280–$6,540
New Mexico	17	768	$6,455	$6,082–$6,447
Maine	13	897	$6,469	$6,139–$6,618
Idaho	15	1,643	$6,476	$6,438–$6,749
Wisconsin	54	3,455	$6,482	$6,373–$6,665
Pennsylvania	105	7,105	$6,566	$6,340–$6,811
Illinois	83	5,712	$6,652	$6,540–$6,792
South Dakota	13	1,994	$6,722	$6,636–$7,053
Montana	9	943	$6,754	$6,664–$7,044
North Dakota	6	913	$6,773	$6,707–$6,936
Colorado	46	3,137	$6,822	$6,747–$6,810
New Hampshire	12	886	$6,863	$6,697–$6,917
Minnesota	41	2,455	$6,909	$6,681–$6,908
Wyoming	10	395	$6,970	$6,897–$7,183
Arizona	46	3,573	$7,012	$6,879–$6,976
Rhode Island	7	391	$7,123	$7,191–$7,260
Delaware	6	568	$7,128	$7,114–$7,167
District of Columbia	4	325	$7,212	$7,161–$7,276
Washington	43	3,552	$7,247	$7,117–$7,445
Nevada	18	1,135	$7,592	$7,431–$7,662
New Jersey	50	3,791	$7,592	$7,398–$7,661
Massachusetts	49	5,761	$7,605	$7,565–$7,683
Oregon	29	1,729	$7,605	$7,289–$7,507
Alaska	6	341	$7,642	$7,412–$7,862
New York	93	6,933	$7,713	$7,585–$8,061
Connecticut	21	1,133	$7,916	$7,863–$8,026
Hawaii	10	419	$8,172	$8,004–$8,526
California	170	11,641	$9,047	$8,737–$9,368

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.