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Michigan: one knee, three prices

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

Surgery center
$8,578
Median Medicare knee rate, 61 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$11,577
Median outpatient allowed
Hospital, overnight
$16,099
Median inpatient paid, 37 hospitals

Michigan requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
McLaren Bay RegionBay City$12,711$66,682$11,626
McLaren Port HuronPort Huron$12,795$46,061$11,255
Corewell Health Beaumont Troy HospitalTroy$13,080$66,295$11,648
Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe HospitalGrosse Pointe$13,724$72,759$11,290
Covenant Medical CenterSaginaw$14,114$54,310$11,301
Henry Ford Health Rochester HospitalRochester$14,861$56,342$11,556
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township$15,163$131,871$11,626
Bronson Battle Creek HospitalBattle Creek$15,278$44,524$11,339
Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals St Joseph HospiSt Joseph$15,283$56,045$11,167
Mymichigan Medical Center AlmaAlma$15,495$26,998$11,509

Highest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
University of Michigan HealthAnn Arbor$23,498$86,185$12,040
Harper University HospitalDetroit$21,882$117,421$11,458
Corewell Health Farmington Hills HospitalFarmington Hills$19,139$89,184$11,553
Trinity Health Livonia HospitalLivonia$18,444$68,838$10,727
Ascension Borgess HospitalKalamazoo$17,508$68,308$11,206
Corewell Health William Beaumont University HospitRoyal Oak$17,461$72,463$11,643
Garden City HospitalGarden City$17,254$105,160—
Corewell Health Dearborn HospitalDearborn$17,185$80,481$11,648
Hurley Medical CenterFlint$16,977$78,038$12,005
Up Health System - MarquetteMarquette$16,931$114,884$12,425

Every Michigan hospital (75)

Orthopedic surgery centers (61)

Questions

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

In 2024 Medicare paid Michigan hospitals a median $16,099 per inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 37 hospitals) and a median $11,577 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $8,578 for a knee.

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

McLaren Bay Region ($12,711), McLaren Port Huron ($12,795), Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital ($13,080).

What do Michigan hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $61,443, about 3.8× what Medicare pays.

Does Michigan have a certificate-of-need law?

Michigan requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers. CON is required to initiate surgical services, including freestanding surgical outpatient facilities; a 2026 law exempted outpatient imaging only.