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Mississippi: one knee, three prices

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

Surgery center
$7,665
Median Medicare knee rate, 19 orthopedic surgery centers
Hospital, same day
$10,747
Median outpatient allowed
Hospital, overnight
$13,195
Median inpatient paid, 14 hospitals

Mississippi requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson$12,285$65,063$11,006
Singing River Health SystemPascagoula$12,295$88,045$10,822
Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian$12,495$45,887$10,621
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson$12,725$55,273$10,918
Merit Health River OaksFlowood$12,864$246,386$11,006
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg$13,071$46,886$10,548
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel$13,088$35,611$11,496
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian$13,302$47,233$10,788
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo$13,684$57,651$11,787
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford$13,794$55,157$10,923

Highest Medicare payment

HospitalCityInpatient paidList priceOutpatient
University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson$19,228$61,747$10,872
Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg$15,940$115,054$10,206
Greenwood Leflore HospitalGreenwood$14,820$28,237—
Magnolia Regional Health CenterCorinth$14,262$87,658$10,584
Baptist Memorial Hospital North MsOxford$13,794$55,157$10,923
North Mississippi Medical CenterTupelo$13,684$57,651$11,787
Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian$13,302$47,233$10,788
South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel$13,088$35,611$11,496
Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg$13,071$46,886$10,548
Merit Health River OaksFlowood$12,864$246,386$11,006

Every Mississippi hospital (26)

Orthopedic surgery centers (19)

Questions

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

In 2024 Medicare paid Mississippi hospitals a median $13,195 per inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 14 hospitals) and a median $10,747 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $7,665 for a knee.

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

Mississippi Baptist Medical Center ($12,285), Singing River Health System ($12,295), Anderson Regional Medical Center ($12,495).

What do Mississippi hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $56,462, about 4.3× what Medicare pays.

Does Mississippi have a certificate-of-need law?

Mississippi requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers. CON is required to establish an ambulatory surgical facility or begin new ambulatory surgery services.