Outpatient procedure · APC 5115 · Surgery or procedure

Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $12,402 per procedure at 2,213 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $11,345 and $12,814.

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

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $12,402
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $11,345–$12,814
Medicare’s share: $10,77287% of the payment
Average billed charge: $72,739
Hospitals reporting: 2,213362,845 procedures

Hospitals in Louisiana

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Average payment across these 43 hospitals: $10,908National $12,402 · Louisiana $10,909
Median hospital: $10,930
Lowest to highest: $10,052–$11,704
Medicare procedures: 5,399

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

Medicare payments per case for Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · CCN 190039	32	$10,052	19% below the national average	$8,420	$72,061
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190065	32	$10,159	18% below the national average	$8,527	$55,067
Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · CCN 190144	15	$10,410	16% below the national average	$8,778	$110,428
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	249	$10,441	16% below the national average	$8,808	$138,736
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · CCN 190317 · +$1,245 outlier payments per case	31	$10,462	16% below the national average	$8,830	$55,557
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · CCN 190245	113	$10,467	16% below the national average	$8,841	$42,732
Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190098	19	$10,523	15% below the national average	$8,883	$54,221
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190202	58	$10,625	14% below the national average	$8,987	$46,925
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · CCN 190102	149	$10,681	14% below the national average	$9,045	$46,310
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · CCN 190274	21	$10,683	14% below the national average	$9,051	$48,814
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	114	$10,719	14% below the national average	$9,084	$119,067
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	280	$10,738	13% below the national average	$9,106	$38,645
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036 · +$782 outlier payments per case	313	$10,787	13% below the national average	$9,154	$84,377
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	81	$10,816	13% below the national average	$9,184	$36,750
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	178	$10,826	13% below the national average	$9,193	$76,124
Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190255	169	$10,831	13% below the national average	$9,195	$44,773
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	127	$10,836	13% below the national average	$9,204	$66,893
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	107	$10,872	12% below the national average	$9,238	$57,573
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190064	223	$10,903	12% below the national average	$9,268	$45,300
Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190278	725	$10,917	12% below the national average	$9,283	$45,304
Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · CCN 190044	44	$10,930	12% below the national average	$9,298	$51,168
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · CCN 190054	43	$10,930	12% below the national average	$9,298	$35,160
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · CCN 190086	18	$10,930	12% below the national average	$9,298	$52,964
Physicians Medical CenterHouma, LA · CCN 190241	58	$10,930	12% below the national average	$9,298	$45,901
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190259	206	$10,930	12% below the national average	$9,296	$45,680
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · CCN 190017	102	$10,940	12% below the national average	$9,306	$39,686
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · CCN 190045	98	$10,941	12% below the national average	$9,308	$91,235
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · CCN 190015	19	$10,947	12% below the national average	$9,315	$108,748
Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · CCN 190303	35	$10,948	12% below the national average	$9,299	$69,111
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190251	355	$10,955	12% below the national average	$9,323	$30,719
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · CCN 190008	32	$11,030	11% below the national average	$9,397	$29,907
Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190256	92	$11,032	11% below the national average	$9,394	$52,972
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · CCN 190013	53	$11,044	11% below the national average	$9,412	$19,260
Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190201	14	$11,044	11% below the national average	$9,412	$119,010
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027 · +$1,337 outlier payments per case	99	$11,081	11% below the national average	$9,447	$130,756
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · CCN 190020	26	$11,115	10% below the national average	$9,483	$61,553
The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190266	56	$11,115	10% below the national average	$9,483	$49,177
Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190270	42	$11,135	10% below the national average	$9,503	$97,161
AvalaCovington, LA · CCN 190267	201	$11,135	10% below the national average	$9,502	$71,150
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	129	$11,201	About average	$9,569	$57,957
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	406	$11,297	About average	$9,664	$70,473
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	217	$11,348	About average	$9,715	$112,275
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · CCN 190007	18	$11,704	About average	$10,072	$53,606

National trend

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

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2020: 229,215 procedures at 2,037 hospitals · 2021: 364,363 procedures at 2,254 hospitals · 2022: 410,561 procedures at 2,321 hospitals · 2023: 427,124 procedures at 2,312 hospitals · 2024: 362,845 procedures at 2,213 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$12K	$61K
2021	$12K	$66K
2022	$12K	$68K
2023	$13K	$71K
2024	$12K	$73K

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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	927	$6,642	$5,710–$7,857
Alabama	36	5,517	$10,733	$10,538–$10,928
Mississippi	25	1,977	$10,843	$10,672–$11,006
Tennessee	47	8,201	$10,865	$10,654–$11,195
Louisiana	44	5,417	$10,909	$10,733–$11,044
West Virginia	19	2,033	$11,015	$10,538–$11,114
Ohio	104	15,215	$11,123	$11,029–$11,497
Oklahoma	42	7,005	$11,159	$11,026–$11,326
Arkansas	28	5,195	$11,206	$11,043–$11,679
South Carolina	43	9,015	$11,244	$11,083–$11,366
Kentucky	42	5,097	$11,263	$10,995–$11,552
Kansas	34	6,049	$11,345	$11,166–$11,885
Iowa	29	5,825	$11,405	$11,208–$11,925
Missouri	53	8,629	$11,419	$11,333–$11,837
Virginia	55	13,156	$11,531	$11,183–$12,118
Michigan	73	8,557	$11,535	$11,319–$11,944
Texas	188	27,220	$11,614	$11,350–$11,866
Georgia	71	9,007	$11,645	$11,145–$12,011
North Carolina	65	11,812	$11,652	$11,347–$11,739
New Mexico	16	2,050	$11,704	$11,270–$12,005
Utah	32	3,863	$11,712	$11,479–$11,775
Indiana	64	9,630	$11,754	$11,642–$11,909
Nebraska	21	4,927	$11,799	$11,652–$12,128
Florida	133	23,438	$11,799	$11,730–$11,906
Idaho	15	2,954	$11,894	$11,784–$12,386
Wisconsin	56	7,721	$11,921	$11,695–$12,134
Maine	14	1,590	$12,045	$11,422–$12,212
Pennsylvania	105	17,854	$12,207	$11,693–$12,571
Montana	10	2,257	$12,302	$12,157–$12,991
Illinois	82	14,943	$12,334	$12,119–$12,518
South Dakota	13	3,867	$12,387	$12,258–$13,048
North Dakota	6	1,935	$12,448	$12,260–$12,787
Colorado	47	8,262	$12,564	$12,388–$12,511
New Hampshire	11	2,199	$12,713	$12,410–$12,672
Minnesota	42	6,532	$12,735	$12,361–$12,965
Arizona	47	9,066	$12,802	$12,653–$12,814
Wyoming	10	919	$12,806	$12,962–$13,194
Delaware	6	2,342	$13,085	$13,029–$13,172
District of Columbia	4	774	$13,274	$13,278–$13,444
Rhode Island	8	825	$13,278	$13,310–$13,335
Washington	43	7,875	$13,453	$13,133–$13,721
Alaska	6	992	$13,858	$13,747–$14,483
Oregon	29	3,599	$13,939	$13,452–$13,786
Nevada	16	2,147	$13,956	$13,488–$13,899
Massachusetts	43	9,382	$13,997	$13,872–$14,027
New Jersey	43	10,137	$14,069	$13,614–$14,536
New York	91	13,630	$14,226	$13,725–$14,676
Connecticut	23	3,597	$14,579	$14,481–$14,714
Hawaii	9	682	$14,923	$14,484–$15,494
California	164	27,002	$16,486	$15,996–$16,675

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.