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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 Medicare allowed amount
Hospital, overnight
$13,195
Median avg total payment (incl. patient share), 14 hospitals

Mississippi requires a certificate of need for new surgery centers.

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Lowest average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
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 average total payment per stay

HospitalCityInpatient avg total paymentList priceOutpatient allowed
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 the median average total payment to Mississippi hospitals was $13,195 per Medicare inpatient hip or knee replacement stay (MS-DRG 470, 14 hospitals; Medicare's payment plus the patient's share), and the median Medicare allowed amount was $10,747 per outpatient case. An orthopedic surgery center is paid about $7,665 for a knee.

Which Mississippi hospitals have the lowest Medicare payment for a joint replacement?

Mississippi Baptist Medical Center ($12,285), Singing River Health System ($12,295), Anderson Regional Medical Center ($12,495) (average total payment per inpatient stay, patient share included).

What do Mississippi hospitals list for a joint replacement?

The median list (chargemaster) price is $56,462, about 4.3× the median average total payment for a Medicare stay.

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.