US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$42,320typical hospital bill
$18,603typical amount paid
$15,943–$32,130range paid across 33 hospitals

Massachusetts hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,320 for this stay in 2024, about 2.3 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Emerson Hospital -W Concord17$41,022$15,943
Winchester HospitalWinchester24$32,666$16,599
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro15$46,196$16,610
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth13$53,242$16,654
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport12$32,514$16,846
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton18$33,348$17,028
The Cooley Dickinson Hospital IncNorthampton17$65,258$17,287
Heywood Hospital -Gardner11$42,138$17,352
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford25$28,142$17,534
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield11$41,827$17,587
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton18$42,320$17,621
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River55$56,756$17,669
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth23$49,949$17,681
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton12$35,897$17,686
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth58$35,306$17,729
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose12$31,905$17,764
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly28$35,487$18,603
Umass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster14$71,152$18,828
Lowell General HospitalLowell22$38,756$18,834
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton50$64,151$19,513
North Shore Medical Center -Salem27$58,410$19,647
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence25$41,201$20,052
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis47$44,942$21,786
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington40$42,258$22,033
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge14$29,464$22,054
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield36$40,508$22,425
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield48$51,319$22,673
Tufts Medical CenterBoston16$54,543$25,036
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston46$111,978$25,375
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester51$92,229$25,678
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston34$117,020$26,753
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston33$48,770$28,908
Boston Medical CenterBoston13$78,354$32,130

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.