Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Michigan — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital
Marquette, MI
Gross charge $13,710Cash pay $8,226Medicare pays (avg) $14,324 - 2
Up Health System Portage
Hancock, MI
Gross charge $13,710Cash pay $8,226 - 3
Bell Hospital
Ishpeming, MI
Gross charge $13,710Cash pay $8,226 - 4
Surgeons Choice Medical Center
Southfield, MI
Gross charge $34,293 - 5
Holland Hospital
Holland, MI
Gross charge $45,591Cash pay $27,354 - 6
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson
Carson City, MI
Gross charge $55,256Cash pay $13,814 - 7
Edward W Sparrow Hospital
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $55,256Cash pay $13,814 - 8
University of Michigan Health- Sparrow Clinton
Saint Johns, MI
Gross charge $55,256Cash pay $13,814 - 9
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton
Charlotte, MI
Gross charge $55,256Cash pay $13,814 - 10
Sparrow Ionia Hospital
Ionia, MI
Gross charge $55,256Cash pay $13,814 - 11
Mclaren Port Huron
Port Huron, MI
Gross charge $56,605Cash pay $28,303Medicare pays (avg) $11,234 - 12
Hurley Medical Center (Acute Care)
Flint, MI
Gross charge $76,791Medicare pays (avg) $14,931 - 13
McLaren Bay Region
Bay City, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167Medicare pays (avg) $11,111 - 14
Mclaren Central Michigan
Mount Pleasant, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 15
Mclaren Northern Michigan (Acute Care)
Petoskey, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167Medicare pays (avg) $13,954 - 16
Mclaren Flint
Flint, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167Medicare pays (avg) $13,883 - 17
McLaren Greater Lansing
Lansing, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167Medicare pays (avg) $13,718 - 18
McLaren Lapeer Region
Lapeer, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 19
McLaren Oakland
Pontiac, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 20
Karmanos Cancer Center
Detroit, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 21
McLaren Caro Region
Caro, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 22
McLaren Thumb Region
Bad Axe, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 23
Mclaren Macomb (Acute Care)
Mount Clemens, MI
Gross charge $90,334Cash pay $45,167 - 24
University of Michigan Health-West
Wyoming, MI
Gross charge $225,919Cash pay $90,367 - 25
Ascension Providence Hospital - Southfield and Novi Campuses
Southfield, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,969 - 26
MyMichigan Medical Center Alma
Alma, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,808 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,548
- 28
Hillsdale Hospital
Hillsdale, MI
Gross charge — - 29
University of Michigan Health
Ann Arbor, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,225 - 30
Covenant Medical Center
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,502 - 31
Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw
Saginaw, MI
Gross charge — - 32
MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch
West Branch, MI
Gross charge — - 33
Borgess Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kalamazoo, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,441 - 34
Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak
Royal Oak, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,281 - 35
Henry Ford St. John Hospital
Detroit, MI
Gross charge — - 36
MyMichigan Medical Center Clare
Clare, MI
Gross charge — - 37
Henry Ford Hospital (Warren)
Warren, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,800 - 38
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital
Grand Blanc, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,269 - 39
MyMichigan Medical Center Midland
Midland, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,011 - 40
Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital
Sault Ste Marie, MI
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension River District Hospital
East China, MI
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension Rochester main entrance
Rochester, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,192 - 43
DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital
Detroit, MI
Gross charge — - 44
Allergy Clinic | Brighton Center for Specialty Care
Brighton, MI
Gross charge — - 45
Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital
Standish, MI
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension Borgess - Lee Hospital
Dowagiac, MI
Gross charge — - 47
MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin
Gladwin, MI
Gross charge — - 48
Beacon Allegan
Allegan, MI
Gross charge — - 49
Tawas St Joseph Hospital
Tawas City, MI
Gross charge — - 50
Corewell Health Ludington Hospital
Ludington, MI
Gross charge — - 51
Memorial Healthcare
Owosso, MI
Gross charge — - 52
Corewell Health Wayne Hospital
Wayne, MI
Gross charge — - 53
Corewell Health Trenton Hospital
Trenton, MI
Gross charge — - 54
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital
Hastings, MI
Gross charge — - 55
Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital
Grayling, MI
Gross charge — - 56
Cadillac Hospital
Cadillac, MI
Gross charge — - 57
Munson Medical Center
Traverse City, MI
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,681 - 58
Otsego Memorial Hospital
Gaylord, MI
Gross charge — - 59
Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital
Manistee, MI
Gross charge — - 60
Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital
Frankfort, MI
Gross charge — - 61
Charlevoix Hospital
Charlevoix, MI
Gross charge — - 62
Three Rivers Health
Three Rivers, MI
Gross charge —
Michigan hospitals price hip & knee replacement (Medicare DRG 470) anywhere from $13,710 to $225,919 — a $212,208 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital in Marquette; the most expensive is University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming. The state average sits at $72,929.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement in Michigan, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Michigan hospitals missing from the list either don't perform hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.