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 251–300. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron General Medical Center | 13 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $62,306 |
| Alliance Community Hospital | 14 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $51,401 |
| Firelands Regional Medical Center | 32 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $60,120 |
| HMHP St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center | 26 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $103,973 |
| Holzer Medical Center | 23 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $60,073 |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods | 27 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $67,842 |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center | 12 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $65,446 |
| Mercy Medical Center | 39 | $15,826 | About average | $14,194 | $63,218 |
| Baptist Health Louisville | 222 | $15,829 | About average | $14,196 | $144,297 |
| Shands Jacksonville | 15 | $15,831 | About average | $14,199 | $150,698 |
| Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, Inc | 76 | $15,834 | About average | $14,202 | $46,228 |
| UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital | 48 | $15,835 | About average | $14,201 | $124,300 |
| Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center | 42 | $15,836 | About average | $14,201 | $125,407 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | 11 | $15,837 | About average | $14,197 | $124,755 |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc | 41 | $15,843 | About average | $14,211 | $81,072 |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center | 11 | $15,843 | About average | $14,211 | $66,346 |
| West Valley Medical Center | 17 | $15,847 | About average | $14,215 | $202,080 |
| Affiliate Of Vitruvian Health | 18 | $15,850 | About average | $14,218 | $264,959 |
| Parkridge Medical Center | 31 | $15,850 | About average | $14,218 | $106,211 |
| Tristar Centennial Medical Center | 85 | $15,854 | About average | $14,222 | $106,601 |
| Davie Medical Center | 14 | $15,856 | About average | $14,224 | $117,468 |
| Barnes Jewish Hospital | 108 | $15,860 | About average | $14,228 | $69,034 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital | 91 | $15,866 | About average | $14,233 | $91,570 |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenport | 84 | $15,866 | About average | $14,234 | $53,586 |
| Christus Mother Frances Hospital | 161 | $15,867 | About average | $14,233 | $177,789 |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital | 14 | $15,871 | About average | $14,239 | $52,116 |
| Wood County Hospital | 21 | $15,871 | About average | $14,239 | $51,630 |
| Methodist Richardson Medical Center | 23 | $15,876 | About average | $14,244 | $55,950 |
| Cleveland Clinic | 49 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $63,803 |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center | 15 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $64,496 |
| UH Cleveland Medical Center | 13 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $128,471 |
| UH St John Medical Center | 45 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $89,639 |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital | 24 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $60,985 |
| Marymount Hospital | 35 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $63,158 |
| Medina Hospital | 36 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $43,349 |
| UH Regional Hospitals | 11 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $75,560 |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center | 38 | $15,877 | About average | $14,245 | $69,653 |
| Southwest General Health Center | 70 | $15,877 | About average | $14,244 | $54,849 |
| Hillcrest Hospital | 72 | $15,877 | About average | $14,241 | $58,516 |
| Fairview Hospital | 14 | $15,877 | About average | $14,238 | $62,125 |
| NMC Health | 20 | $15,878 | About average | $14,246 | $38,973 |
| Salina Surgical Hospital | 21 | $15,878 | About average | $14,246 | $48,947 |
| Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc | 13 | $15,878 | About average | $14,246 | $55,874 |
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas | 106 | $15,878 | About average | $14,245 | $53,967 |
| Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLC | 24 | $15,882 | About average | $14,250 | $109,356 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | 32 | $15,883 | About average | $14,250 | $43,858 |
| Integris Baptist Medical Center, Inc | 23 | $15,883 | About average | $14,251 | $198,011 |
| Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System | 64 | $15,892 | About average | $14,260 | $111,884 |
| Ascension St John Jane Phillips | 15 | $15,894 | About average | $14,262 | $73,229 |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital | 100 | $15,896 | About average | $14,263 | $62,096 |
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.