Outpatient procedure · APC 5116 · Surgery or procedure

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: $15,76391% of the payment
Average billed charge: $97,523
Hospitals reporting: 1,48173,440 procedures

Hospitals in Louisiana

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Average payment across these 30 hospitals: $15,576National $17,392 · Louisiana $15,576
Median hospital: $15,619
Lowest to highest: $14,621–$15,953
Medicare procedures: 1,108

30 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190036	31	$14,621	16% below the national average	$12,989	$108,865
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190065	17	$14,797	15% below the national average	$13,165	$65,774
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190259	26	$14,932	14% below the national average	$13,297	$71,389
Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · CCN 190102	74	$15,277	12% below the national average	$13,637	$71,222
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · CCN 190004	55	$15,366	12% below the national average	$13,734	$74,989
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · CCN 190317	45	$15,415	11% below the national average	$13,777	$60,469
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · CCN 190125	37	$15,464	11% below the national average	$13,832	$64,901
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · CCN 190245	13	$15,464	11% below the national average	$13,832	$50,299
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · CCN 190002	15	$15,464	11% below the national average	$13,832	$101,560
Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · CCN 190255	44	$15,464	11% below the national average	$13,832	$80,183
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · CCN 190160	12	$15,464	11% below the national average	$13,813	$81,187
Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190251	56	$15,474	11% below the national average	$13,840	$44,930
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190040	32	$15,508	11% below the national average	$13,901	$93,549
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · CCN 190008	24	$15,605	10% below the national average	$13,973	$42,330
Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · CCN 190278	94	$15,614	10% below the national average	$13,979	$57,283
Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190201	11	$15,624	10% below the national average	$13,992	$142,766
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · CCN 190013	12	$15,624	10% below the national average	$13,992	$20,242
Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · CCN 190111	110	$15,683	About average	$14,051	$76,975
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190064	13	$15,726	About average	$14,094	$69,975
The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · CCN 190266	22	$15,726	About average	$14,094	$78,587
AvalaCovington, LA · CCN 190267	23	$15,754	About average	$14,122	$75,528
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · CCN 190176	62	$15,754	About average	$14,122	$166,711
Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190270	13	$15,754	About average	$14,122	$108,609
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · CCN 190045	28	$15,754	About average	$14,122	$135,994
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · CCN 190046	16	$15,754	About average	$14,122	$107,412
Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · CCN 190256	22	$15,754	About average	$14,106	$77,136
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · CCN 190041	64	$15,892	About average	$14,260	$111,884
Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · CCN 190298	86	$15,933	About average	$14,301	$162,359
Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190027 · +$10,425 outlier payments per case	31	$15,953	About average	$14,321	$292,475
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	20	$15,953	About average	$14,321	$66,773

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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2020: 1,457 procedures at 85 hospitals · 2021: 8,226 procedures at 353 hospitals · 2022: 3,004 procedures at 156 hospitals · 2023: 14,620 procedures at 540 hospitals · 2024: 73,440 procedures at 1,481 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
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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Average payment by state for Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures, 2024
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.