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Hip or knee replacement, no major complications in New York, NY-NJ costs $4,746 to $75,894. Here's every hospital's price.

19 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 19 hospitals list a cash price for hip or knee replacement, no major complications (MS-DRG 470). The lowest is $4,746 at SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn, the median is $25,375 and the highest is $75,894 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 16 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $25,375 is 6% below the national median of $26,950 across 293 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

47 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $500 to $333,727. 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 April 2025 and September 2026. 63 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.

$4,746
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn · 9 mi
$20,629 below the median
$25,375
median cash price
19 hospitals
16×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
19/110
hospitals with a cash price
63 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
SUNY/Downstate University Hospital of Brooklyn

Brooklyn · 9 mi · Older file Apr 2025

$4,746
list $4,746
2
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$17,713
· lowest of 3 lines
3
Chilton Medical Center

Pompton Plains · 30 mi · File Apr 2026

$19,779
list $67,764
4
Centrastate Medical Center

Freehold · 43 mi · File Apr 2026

$20,672
list $67,764
5
Newton Medical Center

Newton · 54 mi · File Apr 2026

$22,469
list $67,764
6
Overlook Medical Center

Summit · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

$22,517
list $67,764 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Morristown Medical Center

Morristown · 35 mi · File Apr 2026

$23,074
list $67,764 · lowest of 3 lines
8
St Mary's General Hospital

Passaic · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$23,847
9
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$24,830
list $46,868 · lowest of 4 lines
10
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$25,375
11
Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital

Bay Shore · 30 mi · File Mar 2026

$75,894
12
North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

$75,894
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 470. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

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 New York, NY-NJ without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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