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Delaware: one knee, three prices

What Medicare pays Delaware hospitals and surgery centers for knee, hip and shoulder replacement, what hospitals list, and which cost the most and the least.

Surgery center
$9,288
Median Medicare knee rate, 9 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$13,121
Median outpatient allowed
Hospital, overnight
$16,994
Median inpatient paid, 1 hospitals

Delaware requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
ChristianacareNewark$16,994$58,521$13,004

Highest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
ChristianacareNewark$16,994$58,521$13,004

Every Delaware hospital (6)

Orthopedic surgery centers (9)

Questions

How much does Medicare pay for a knee replacement in Delaware?

In 2024 Medicare paid Delaware hospitals a median $16,994 per inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 1 hospitals) and a median $13,121 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $9,288 for a knee.

Which Delaware hospitals does Medicare pay least for a joint replacement?

Christianacare ($16,994).

What do Delaware hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $58,521, about 3.4× what Medicare pays.

Does Delaware have a certificate-of-need law?

Delaware requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers. A Certificate of Public Review is required to build or establish a health care facility, which includes freestanding surgical centers; a 2026 law eased equipment review only.