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Florida: one knee, three prices

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

Surgery center
$8,501
Median Medicare knee rate, 189 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$11,843
Median outpatient allowed
Hospital, overnight
$15,159
Median inpatient paid, 88 hospitals

Florida has a certificate-of-need program that does not cover surgery centers.

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Lowest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
Delray Medical CenterDelray Beach$12,075$212,531$11,708
Adventhealth Wesley ChapelWesley Chapel$12,470$159,117$11,768
Uf Health Spanish Plaines HospitalThe Villages$12,476$79,600$11,670
Lakewood Ranch Medical CenterBradenton$12,484$225,284$11,906
Palm Beach Gardens Medical CenterPalm Beach Gardens$12,536$206,570$11,513
Sarasota Memorial Hospital - VeniceNorth Venice$12,536$116,044$11,906
Hca Florida South Shore HospitalSun City Center$12,599$181,555$11,906
Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalStuart$12,616$75,738$11,906
Hca Florida Englewood HospitalEnglewood$12,678$191,377$11,906
Viera HospitalMelbourne$12,717$104,280$11,906

Highest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
Jackson Memorial HospitalMiami$25,737$71,818$11,730
Hca Florida Memorial HospitalJacksonville$25,174$237,217$11,906
Uf Health JacksonvilleJacksonville$24,771$150,336$11,569
Lower Keys Medical CenterKey West$19,826$149,425$12,749
Uf Health Shands HospitalGainesville$19,702$105,264$11,156
Hca Florida Capital HospitalTallahassee$19,671$165,714$11,817
Orlando Health Bayfront HospitalSaint Petersburg$19,503$154,503$11,708
Adventhealth TampaTampa$19,187$179,794$11,816
Mayo ClinicJacksonville$18,793$72,440$11,822
Adventhealth OrlandoOrlando$18,436$170,098$11,802

Every Florida hospital (136)

Orthopedic surgery centers (189)

Questions

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

In 2024 Medicare paid Florida hospitals a median $15,159 per inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 88 hospitals) and a median $11,843 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $8,501 for a knee.

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

Delray Medical Center ($12,075), Adventhealth Wesley Chapel ($12,470), Uf Health Spanish Plaines Hospital ($12,476).

What do Florida hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $140,470, about 9.3× what Medicare pays.

Does Florida have a certificate-of-need law?

Florida has a certificate-of-need program that does not cover surgery centers. CON covers only nursing homes, hospices, and ICF/DD; hospital CON was repealed in 2019 and outpatient services including ASCs are not regulated; a 2026 bill to repeal the rest died in the Senate.