Hip or knee replacement in Mississippi

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

$56,462typical hospital bill

$13,195typical amount paid

$12,285–$19,228range paid across 14 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,462 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center	Jackson	68	$65,063	$12,285
Singing River Health System	Pascagoula	25	$88,045	$12,295
Anderson Regional Medical Center	Meridian	30	$45,887	$12,495
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital	Jackson	40	$55,273	$12,725
Merit Health River Oaks	Flowood	106	$246,386	$12,864
Forrest General Hospital	Hattiesburg	117	$46,886	$13,071
South Central Reg Med Ctr	Laurel	24	$35,611	$13,088
Ochsner Rush Hospital	Meridian	14	$47,233	$13,302
North Mississippi Medical Center	Tupelo	26	$57,651	$13,684
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms	Oxford	14	$55,157	$13,794
Magnolia Regional Health Center	Corinth	75	$87,658	$14,262
Greenwood Leflore Hospital	Greenwood	15	$28,237	$14,820
Merit Health Wesley	Hattiesburg	26	$115,054	$15,940
University of Mississippi Med Center	Jackson	29	$61,747	$19,228

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.