Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $17,392 per procedure at 1,481 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $16,055 and $18,131.
Also known as: Orthopedic surgery, arthroscopy, outpatient joint surgery
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $17,392
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $16,055–$18,131
- Medicare’s share
- $15,763
- Average billed charge
- $97,523
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,481
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1,479 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 651–700. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novant Health Rowan Medical Center | 11 | $16,710 | About average | $15,078 | $98,230 |
| Oakleaf Surgical Hospital | 54 | $16,714 | About average | $15,082 | $49,559 |
| Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire | 25 | $16,714 | About average | $15,082 | $52,187 |
| AdventHealth Orlando | 118 | $16,716 | About average | $15,082 | $132,838 |
| Banner Desert Medical Center | 35 | $16,717 | About average | $15,078 | $90,919 |
| Holy Family Memorial | 11 | $16,725 | About average | $15,093 | $73,480 |
| St Marys Hospital Medical Center | 24 | $16,725 | About average | $15,093 | $59,659 |
| Jackson County Memorial Hospital Authority | 29 | $16,728 | About average | $15,096 | $45,669 |
| Baylor Scott And White Medical Center Lake Pointe | 20 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $73,306 |
| Baylor Scott And White Medical Center McKinney | 14 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $90,550 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco | 101 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $73,431 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano | 16 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $83,729 |
| Baylor Surgical Hospital At Las Colinas | 42 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $56,823 |
| Medical City Plano | 16 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $490,937 |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | 25 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $48,936 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | 20 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $87,264 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas | 39 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $88,308 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | 38 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $68,815 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Rockwall | 15 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $68,149 |
| UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr. | 105 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $77,573 |
| Mountain View Hospital | 92 | $16,735 | About average | $15,103 | $48,908 |
| Dallas Medical Center | 30 | $16,735 | About average | $15,095 | $165,326 |
| Surgical Institute Of Reading | 42 | $16,739 | About average | $15,107 | $56,417 |
| Ascension Seton Williamson | 14 | $16,742 | About average | $15,110 | $194,835 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest | 28 | $16,742 | About average | $15,110 | $67,464 |
| Ascension Providence | 27 | $16,742 | About average | $15,101 | $118,525 |
| Salina Regional Health Center | 52 | $16,743 | About average | $15,129 | $60,935 |
| Aurora BayCare Medical Center | 43 | $16,744 | About average | $15,112 | $66,443 |
| Aurora Medical Center Oshkosh | 19 | $16,744 | About average | $15,111 | $54,539 |
| Citizens Memorial Hospital | 26 | $16,747 | About average | $15,115 | $50,526 |
| Cox Medical Center Branson | 19 | $16,747 | About average | $15,115 | $73,945 |
| Lake Regional Health System | 13 | $16,747 | About average | $15,115 | $75,494 |
| Sauk Prairie Hospital | 75 | $16,751 | About average | $15,119 | $40,996 |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | 64 | $16,755 | About average | $15,123 | $98,583 |
| Western Arizona Regional Medical Center | 12 | $16,756 | About average | $15,124 | $218,355 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | 38 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $68,255 |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs | 22 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $62,913 |
| Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC | 13 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $56,168 |
| The Nebraska Medical Center | 27 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $75,570 |
| The Nebraska Methodist Hospital | 42 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $63,228 |
| Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC | 89 | $16,757 | About average | $15,125 | $58,481 |
| Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | 63 | $16,769 | About average | $15,131 | $71,358 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | 51 | $16,772 | About average | $15,137 | $111,579 |
| Indiana University Health North Hospital | 27 | $16,773 | About average | $15,141 | $181,852 |
| Duke Regional Hospital | 93 | $16,774 | About average | $15,142 | $83,489 |
| St Johns Hospital | 77 | $16,781 | About average | $15,149 | $75,943 |
| Jupiter Medical Center | 227 | $16,781 | About average | $15,149 | $83,002 |
| Orthopaedic Hospital At Parkview North | 147 | $16,782 | About average | $15,147 | $105,445 |
| Madison Memorial Hospital | 21 | $16,788 | About average | $15,156 | $62,932 |
| Medical City Denton | 22 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $390,049 |
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 | $15K | $75K |
| 2021 | $15K | $116K |
| 2022 | $16K | $92K |
| 2023 | $21K | $112K |
| 2024 | $17K | $98K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
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| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 3 | 119 | $8,999 | $8,453–$10,624 |
| Alabama | 25 | 1,210 | $15,164 | $14,755–$15,349 |
| Utah | 23 | 1,080 | $15,193 | $16,244–$16,659 |
| Tennessee | 33 | 2,084 | $15,325 | $15,130–$15,866 |
| Mississippi | 14 | 683 | $15,430 | $15,026–$15,570 |
| Louisiana | 30 | 1,108 | $15,576 | $15,464–$15,754 |
| West Virginia | 12 | 558 | $15,715 | $14,973–$15,721 |
| Oklahoma | 30 | 1,351 | $15,834 | $15,611–$16,023 |
| Arkansas | 21 | 1,202 | $15,872 | $15,523–$16,345 |
| South Carolina | 30 | 1,929 | $15,906 | $15,619–$16,100 |
| Ohio | 73 | 3,030 | $15,978 | $15,826–$16,279 |
| Kentucky | 22 | 1,410 | $16,042 | $15,742–$16,096 |
| Kansas | 23 | 1,240 | $16,065 | $15,767–$16,241 |
| Iowa | 20 | 1,326 | $16,087 | $15,847–$16,340 |
| Missouri | 35 | 1,775 | $16,103 | $15,799–$16,551 |
| Virginia | 41 | 2,439 | $16,328 | $15,963–$17,432 |
| Texas | 127 | 5,228 | $16,373 | $16,124–$16,789 |
| Michigan | 44 | 1,746 | $16,380 | $15,785–$17,123 |
| Georgia | 42 | 1,898 | $16,409 | $15,899–$17,257 |
| North Carolina | 45 | 2,608 | $16,492 | $16,184–$16,710 |
| Indiana | 47 | 2,034 | $16,575 | $16,509–$16,797 |
| Florida | 86 | 5,085 | $16,629 | $16,634–$16,845 |
| Nebraska | 16 | 1,011 | $16,771 | $16,741–$16,936 |
| Wisconsin | 38 | 1,368 | $16,885 | $16,647–$17,067 |
| Idaho | 13 | 741 | $16,900 | $16,735–$17,428 |
| New Mexico | 9 | 300 | $17,126 | $15,882–$17,343 |
| Maine | 7 | 292 | $17,280 | $16,837–$17,471 |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | 3,133 | $17,344 | $16,610–$17,938 |
| Illinois | 56 | 2,463 | $17,391 | $17,185–$17,654 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 437 | $17,467 | $17,235–$18,360 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 790 | $17,472 | $17,281–$18,289 |
| Montana | 9 | 516 | $17,606 | $17,193–$18,232 |
| Colorado | 37 | 2,121 | $17,744 | $17,468–$17,701 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 1,383 | $18,117 | $17,504–$18,536 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 289 | $18,154 | $18,579–$18,669 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 403 | $18,184 | $17,654–$18,332 |
| Arizona | 37 | 2,369 | $18,231 | $17,996–$18,131 |
| Delaware | 5 | 457 | $18,546 | $18,654–$18,654 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 157 | $18,657 | $18,634–$18,765 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 199 | $18,848 | $18,878–$19,023 |
| Washington | 33 | 1,628 | $19,062 | $18,661–$19,156 |
| Alaska | 3 | 180 | $19,345 | $18,819–$19,653 |
| New Jersey | 28 | 1,653 | $19,847 | $19,222–$20,663 |
| Oregon | 20 | 929 | $19,883 | $19,066–$19,507 |
| Massachusetts | 34 | 1,711 | $19,887 | $19,966–$19,966 |
| New York | 51 | 1,970 | $19,922 | $19,552–$20,841 |
| Nevada | 9 | 617 | $19,943 | $19,802–$19,910 |
| Connecticut | 16 | 778 | $20,733 | $20,681–$20,925 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 70 | $21,247 | $21,066–$22,304 |
| California | 97 | 4,332 | $23,412 | $22,851–$23,737 |
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.