US Health Care Costs

Hip or knee replacement in Delaware

MS-DRG 470: Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without mcc

$58,521average hospital bill
$16,994average amount paid

One Delaware hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $58,521, about 3.4 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Christiana HospitalNewark77$58,521$16,994

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.