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
Compare hospitals
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1,479 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 351–400. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Spine Hospital | 23 | $16,023 | About average | $14,391 | $94,001 |
| O U Medical Center | 39 | $16,023 | About average | $14,391 | $171,794 |
| Surgical Hospital Of Oklahoma | 14 | $16,023 | About average | $14,391 | $102,473 |
| Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center | 37 | $16,023 | About average | $14,391 | $109,348 |
| Integris Canadian Valley Hospital | 21 | $16,023 | About average | $14,385 | $134,979 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | 35 | $16,025 | About average | $14,393 | $80,050 |
| Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery | 18 | $16,032 | About average | $14,400 | $324,192 |
| Conemaugh Nason Medical Center | 26 | $16,034 | About average | $14,402 | $75,054 |
| Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital | 44 | $16,037 | About average | $14,424 | $60,723 |
| St Lukes Hospital | 85 | $16,038 | About average | $14,406 | $83,427 |
| Major Hospital | 20 | $16,039 | About average | $14,407 | $102,126 |
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | 29 | $16,042 | About average | $14,410 | $95,505 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 27 | $16,042 | About average | $14,402 | $132,695 |
| Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | 77 | $16,043 | About average | $14,411 | $75,824 |
| Pardee Hospital Henderson County | 161 | $16,043 | About average | $14,416 | $59,882 |
| Texas Institute For Surgery At Presbyterian Hospit | 65 | $16,044 | About average | $14,402 | $72,234 |
| High Point Regional Health System | 31 | $16,044 | About average | $14,412 | $136,410 |
| Baylor Scott And White Surgical Hospital Fortworth | 142 | $16,046 | About average | $14,410 | $52,801 |
| Trident Medical Center | 33 | $16,046 | About average | $14,414 | $236,737 |
| The Hospital At Westlake Medical Center | 40 | $16,052 | About average | $14,420 | $131,089 |
| Ngmc Barrow, LLC | 13 | $16,055 | About average | $14,423 | $156,039 |
| Mountain View Hospital | 25 | $16,058 | About average | $14,424 | $117,765 |
| Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital | 66 | $16,068 | About average | $14,436 | $97,202 |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson | 45 | $16,085 | About average | $14,453 | $59,986 |
| Christ Hospital | 168 | $16,101 | About average | $14,471 | $59,679 |
| Clark Regional Medical Center | 11 | $16,106 | About average | $14,474 | $118,011 |
| Lee Memorial Hospital | 123 | $16,106 | About average | $14,493 | $115,251 |
| Baylor University Medical Center | 169 | $16,111 | About average | $14,479 | $73,106 |
| Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley Inc | 15 | $16,118 | About average | $14,486 | $73,908 |
| Nkc Health | 127 | $16,128 | About average | $14,494 | $73,381 |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial Lufkin | 16 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $124,445 |
| Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center | 72 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $145,475 |
| Christus St Michael Health System | 24 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $147,698 |
| Covenant Medical Center | 56 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $158,911 |
| Doctors Hospital Of Laredo | 11 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $149,496 |
| Grace Surgical Hospital | 116 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $92,932 |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center | 15 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $42,805 |
| Las Palmas Medical Center A Campus Of Lpds Healthc | 19 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $313,149 |
| Lubbock Heart Hospital Lp | 44 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $54,460 |
| Methodist Hospital | 67 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $165,835 |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak | 33 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $197,904 |
| South Texas Spine And Surgical Hospital | 11 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $60,990 |
| University Medical Center | 29 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $112,963 |
| Woodland Heights Medical Center | 11 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $380,510 |
| Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 55 | $16,137 | About average | $14,503 | $126,960 |
| Legent Orthopedic + Spine | 79 | $16,137 | About average | $14,502 | $156,632 |
| Peterson Regional Medical Center | 39 | $16,137 | About average | $14,500 | $73,306 |
| Aurora Medical Center Sheboygan County | 20 | $16,137 | About average | $14,505 | $65,205 |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy | 68 | $16,142 | About average | $14,510 | $72,182 |
| Lexington Memorial Hospital Inc | 19 | $16,144 | About average | $14,512 | $86,200 |
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.