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 701–750. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical City Lewisville | 13 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $546,110 |
| Methodist Mansfield Medical Center | 21 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $52,935 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | 13 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $67,722 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake | 50 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $72,314 |
| Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South | 13 | $16,789 | About average | $15,157 | $149,622 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest F | 61 | $16,789 | About average | $15,152 | $81,751 |
| Medical City Alliance | 14 | $16,789 | About average | $15,140 | $378,122 |
| Physicians Regional Medical Center - Pine Ridge | 281 | $16,791 | About average | $15,158 | $181,329 |
| Inova Fairfax Hospital | 49 | $16,792 | About average | $15,160 | $76,547 |
| Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison County | 40 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $121,506 |
| Henry County Memorial Hospital | 23 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $74,378 |
| Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital | 40 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $152,332 |
| IU Health West Hospital | 25 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $136,235 |
| Ascension St Vincent Anderson | 11 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $108,760 |
| Community Hospital North | 59 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $118,912 |
| Hancock Regional Hospital | 13 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $60,230 |
| Witham Health Services | 15 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $61,645 |
| Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital Carmel | 93 | $16,797 | About average | $15,165 | $83,970 |
| Ascension St Vincent Carmel | 20 | $16,797 | About average | $15,161 | $122,294 |
| White River Medical Center | 20 | $16,800 | About average | $15,168 | $41,389 |
| Baxter Health | 47 | $16,800 | About average | $15,168 | $37,633 |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLC | 24 | $16,805 | About average | $15,173 | $48,008 |
| Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi | 43 | $16,810 | About average | $15,178 | $149,078 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,The | 11 | $16,810 | About average | $15,178 | $210,010 |
| Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital | 13 | $16,813 | About average | $15,181 | $168,659 |
| HSHS St Elizabeth's Hospital | 42 | $16,815 | About average | $15,183 | $75,751 |
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center | 40 | $16,837 | About average | $15,205 | $176,053 |
| UPMC Carlisle | 35 | $16,837 | About average | $15,205 | $50,817 |
| Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center | 65 | $16,837 | About average | $15,205 | $108,085 |
| Baptist Beaumont Hospital | 11 | $16,838 | About average | $15,206 | $102,395 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | 30 | $16,839 | About average | $15,207 | $50,483 |
| Mary Lanning Healthcare | 29 | $16,839 | About average | $15,207 | $53,345 |
| Carle Foundation Hospital | 45 | $16,840 | About average | $15,208 | $85,633 |
| AdventHealth Daytona Beach | 68 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $95,547 |
| AdventHealth Ocala | 43 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $250,985 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital | 69 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $56,722 |
| HCA Florida Brandon Hospital | 39 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $191,638 |
| HCA Florida Capital Hospital | 44 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $183,337 |
| HCA Florida Citrus Hospital | 52 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $177,098 |
| HCA Florida West Hospital | 59 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $225,273 |
| Holmes Regional Medical Center | 42 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $139,549 |
| Holy Cross Hospital | 39 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $80,305 |
| Lakeland Regional Medical Center | 41 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $93,938 |
| Lakewood Ranch Medical Center | 42 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $241,820 |
| Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center | 41 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $215,560 |
| Sacred Heart Hospital | 56 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $87,109 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital | 161 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $145,271 |
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital - Venice | 204 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $117,226 |
| Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare | 60 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $87,462 |
| Tampa General Hospital | 113 | $16,845 | About average | $15,213 | $166,335 |
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.