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
- $10,772
- Average billed charge
- $72,739
- Hospitals reporting
- 2,213
Hospitals in Michigan
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 73 hospitals
- $11,535
- Median hospital
- $11,577
- Lowest to highest
- $8,398–$12,425
- Medicare procedures
- 8,557
73 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Health Hospital | 203 | $8,398 | 32% below the national average | $7,045 | $36,055 |
| Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital | 24 | $10,633 | 14% below the national average | $9,001 | $45,400 |
| Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital | 12 | $10,633 | 14% below the national average | $9,001 | $43,064 |
| ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital | 49 | $10,706 | 14% below the national average | $9,074 | $33,182 |
| St Joe Mercy Hospital System Livonia | 49 | $10,727 | 14% below the national average | $9,176 | $58,720 |
| Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital | 16 | $10,934 | 12% below the national average | $9,302 | $32,779 |
| Henry Ford Health Warren Hospital | 42 | $10,984 | 11% below the national average | $9,351 | $55,546 |
| Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital | 53 | $11,081 | 11% below the national average | $9,445 | $37,200 |
| Mercy Health Saint Mary's | 52 | $11,155 | 10% below the national average | $9,523 | $44,455 |
| Lakeland Hospital, St Joseph | 102 | $11,167 | About average | $9,533 | $50,561 |
| Spectrum Health | 355 | $11,189 | About average | $9,559 | $39,526 |
| University Of Michigan Health - West | 183 | $11,192 | About average | $9,560 | $38,824 |
| Borgess Medical Center | 120 | $11,206 | About average | $9,574 | $55,410 |
| McLaren Oakland | 28 | $11,222 | About average | $9,589 | $50,123 |
| McLaren Port Huron | 118 | $11,255 | About average | $9,623 | $38,187 |
| Henry Ford Macomb Hospital | 319 | $11,273 | About average | $9,641 | $42,883 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe | 109 | $11,290 | About average | $9,656 | $60,717 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 167 | $11,301 | About average | $9,675 | $43,101 |
| Memorial Healthcare | 52 | $11,319 | About average | $9,687 | $66,459 |
| Bronson Battle Creek Hospital | 116 | $11,339 | About average | $9,705 | $33,666 |
| Holland Hospital | 195 | $11,351 | About average | $9,717 | $39,148 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor | 151 | $11,356 | About average | $9,734 | $67,519 |
| Bronson Methodist Hospital | 218 | $11,362 | About average | $9,730 | $30,704 |
| Edward W Sparrow Hospital | 124 | $11,372 | About average | $9,740 | $42,791 |
| McLaren Central Michigan | 72 | $11,387 | About average | $9,754 | $50,410 |
| Oaklawn Hospital | 121 | $11,387 | About average | $9,755 | $50,812 |
| McLaren Macomb | 107 | $11,391 | About average | $9,756 | $62,205 |
| Spectrum Health United Hospital | 17 | $11,452 | About average | $9,820 | $34,858 |
| Hillsdale Hospital | 14 | $11,452 | About average | $9,811 | $33,102 |
| Harper University Hospital | 72 | $11,458 | About average | $9,824 | $100,248 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Alma | 38 | $11,509 | About average | $9,877 | $26,916 |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital | 318 | $11,515 | About average | $9,883 | $41,814 |
| McLaren Greater Lansing | 279 | $11,520 | About average | $9,887 | $52,552 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Farmington Hills | 55 | $11,553 | About average | $9,921 | $62,475 |
| Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital | 190 | $11,556 | About average | $9,923 | $50,278 |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital | 13 | $11,564 | About average | $9,932 | $86,814 |
| Straith Hospital For Special Surgery | 17 | $11,577 | About average | $9,945 | $26,605 |
| Lake Huron Medical Center | 21 | $11,577 | About average | $9,945 | $120,010 |
| Henry Ford Allegiance Health | 77 | $11,606 | About average | $9,973 | $44,721 |
| Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital | 113 | $11,626 | About average | $9,994 | $112,640 |
| McLaren Bay Region | 114 | $11,626 | About average | $9,994 | $53,068 |
| Wyandotte Hospital And Medical Center | 83 | $11,634 | About average | $10,014 | $44,513 |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak | 563 | $11,643 | About average | $10,011 | $56,868 |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn | 113 | $11,648 | About average | $10,016 | $64,417 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy | 300 | $11,648 | About average | $10,015 | $53,752 |
| Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield And Novi | 351 | $11,651 | About average | $10,019 | $46,137 |
| Trinity Health Oakland Hospital | 249 | $11,674 | About average | $10,042 | $49,924 |
| McLaren Lapeer Region | 37 | $11,715 | About average | $10,083 | $52,190 |
| Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw | 45 | $11,715 | About average | $10,082 | $35,112 |
| Henry Ford Health St John Hospital | 78 | $11,737 | About average | $10,105 | $52,871 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| 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.
Show all 50 states
| 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.