What is the average cost of a total hip replacement?

As of January 2015, the average cost of a total hip replacement is $30,124, according to Blue Cross Blue Shield. The association bases the mean on prices that range from $11,327 in Birmingham, Alabama, to $73,987 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Some areas have great variation in their hip surgery costs, Blue Cross Blue Shield explains. Boston has the greatest cost difference at 313 percent. The operation sometimes runs as low as $17,910 there.

Hip replacement surgery is becoming more common, Blue Cross Blue Shield states. Between 1993 and 2009, the number of these procedures doubled. In 2011, surgeons performed 306,600 total hip replacements in the United States.