Hip or knee replacement, no major complications in Detroit, MI costs $14,163 to $45,167. Here's every hospital's price.
8 hospitals in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area publish a cash price for hip or knee replacement, no major complications (MS-DRG 470). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for hip or knee replacement, no major complications (MS-DRG 470). The lowest is $14,163 at Lake Huron Medical Center, the median is $33,053 and the highest is $45,167 at Karmanos Cancer Center. The most expensive hospital lists 3.2 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Detroit, MI median of $33,053 is 30% above the national median of $25,375 across 124 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
15 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $3,223 to $71,699. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between December 2025 and September 2026. 21 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyPort Huron · 42 mi · File Sep 2026
Port Huron · 43 mi · File Dec 2025
Pontiac · 7 mi · File Dec 2025
Southfield · 18 mi · File May 2026
Lapeer · 24 mi · File Dec 2025
Mount Clemens · 18 mi · File Dec 2025
Detroit · 27 mi · File Dec 2025
Clinton Township · 14 mi · File Jun 2026
Wyandotte · 35 mi · File Jun 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 470. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for MS-DRG 470, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About hip or knee replacement, no major complications
MS-DRG 470 is the inpatient stay for a hip or knee replacement without major complications: the operation, the implant, the hospital room and nursing care until discharge, usually one to three days. It is the single most common inpatient surgery in the US, and this DRG covers the great majority of joint replacements.
What the price covers
A DRG price is the hospital's charge for the whole stay: operating room, implant, room and board, nursing, medications, physical therapy in the hospital and supplies. It does not include the surgeon, the anesthesiologist, or rehabilitation after discharge, which are billed separately. Outpatient joint replacements, increasingly common for healthy patients, are billed with CPT codes instead and are often cheaper.
Why prices vary
Joint replacement prices at hospitals in the same metro area routinely differ by a factor of two to four for the same DRG. Implant contracts, system size and teaching status drive it. Many hospitals and surgeons offer a bundled cash price for the whole episode, including surgeon and anesthesia, that is below the sum of the parts.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for DRG 470, and what do surgeon and anesthesia add?
- Is a bundled price for the whole episode available?
- Am I a candidate for an outpatient replacement, and what does that cost?
- What happens to the price if I need an extra night?
Hospitals in Detroit, MI without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviFile found, not read yet
- Ascension Providence Rochester Hospitalcode not in file
- Ascension River District HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeNo website on record
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital Royal OakWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital, TroyWebsite blocks automated reading
- Children's Hospital of Michigancode not in file
- Corewell Health Trenton HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Detroit Receiving Hospitalcode not in file
- Henry Ford Health Brighton Center for RecoveryFile found, not read yet
- Henry Ford Health St John HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Sinai-Grace Hospitalcode not in file
- Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaNo price file found
- Straith Hospital for Special Surgerycode not in file
- Trinity Health Livingston HospitalNo price file found
- Trinity Health Oakland HospitalNo price file found