US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Mississippi

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

$56,532typical hospital bill
$14,682typical amount paid
$13,414–$21,404range paid across 17 hospitals

Mississippi hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,532 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson63$56,532$13,414
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula22$85,709$13,474
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson48$49,713$13,652
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian18$51,006$13,698
Merit Health River OaksFlowood30$228,725$13,994
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg38$48,275$14,047
Singing River GulfportGulfport14$129,881$14,160
Memorial Hospital at GulfportGulfport41$144,656$14,665
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel22$36,078$14,682
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford47$60,674$14,722
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian14$39,910$14,734
Bmh-Golden TriangleColumbus33$49,888$15,086
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo90$50,216$15,326
Baptist Memorial Hospital DesotoSouthaven21$71,759$15,392
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth26$82,980$16,464
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha CountyStarkville28$39,011$16,691
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson17$64,173$21,404

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.