Healthcare cost transparency

Florida joint replacement hospital charges (MS-DRG 469 & 470)

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Same surgery, different numbers We use Medicare’s own published file for one type of stay: major hip or knee replacement.
Two money columns List price is what the hospital puts on the bill. Medicare payment is closer to what the program actually paid on average.
Explore without jargon Charts show the big picture; the table lets you sort and filter by region.

List price gap from lowest to highest hospital (max ÷ min)

Typical hospital in the middle (median list price)

One city at the low end vs one at the high end (by hospital average)

See the data

These charts update from the same hospital list as the table below.

Average covered charge (list price) per hospital, grouped into ranges.

Share of Florida hospitals in this sample.

Median average covered charge among hospitals in each region.

Eight hospitals with the highest average list price. Side by side: sticker charge vs what Medicare paid on average (not your personal bill).

Five hospitals with the smallest average covered charge.

Five hospitals with the largest average covered charge.

Click column headers to sort. Filter by region.

Region

Hospital	City	Region	Discharges	Avg covered charge	Avg total payment	Avg Medicare payment

Data: Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (CMS). Rebuild JSON with python3 scripts/build_healthcare_cost_explorer.py from the site repository.