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Primary total hip replacement — Australia: What it costs and how long people wait

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Official public tariff

A$24,031.35 (Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (Australia), 2026/27): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary.

Source: Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (Australia) · Source period: 2026/27 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Australia. Payer context: Public tariff. Admitted acute public hospital inlier baseline: AR-DRG weight × National Efficient Price; minor complexity. Source code: I33B.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Derived national efficient funding benchmark, not a patient or international self-pay price. Inlier stay only; lowest published complexity group. No paediatric, remoteness, Indigenous, radiotherapy, dialysis, ICU, private-patient, hospital-acquired-complication or readmission adjustments applied. Routine outpatient follow-up is not established. DRG inclusion equivalence is unverified.

USD equivalent: 16,607.59 USD. USD conversion: ECB/Frankfurter, 2026-10-15, 1 AUD = 0.69108 USD

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What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$16,607.59 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (24,031.35 AUD)What the public health system pays (official tariff)Official government source (L2)Admitted acute public hospital inlier baseline: AR-DRG weight × National Efficient Price; minor complexity · Schedule: 2026/27Source: Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (Australia)
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Brazil
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Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 7,961.81 BRL · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Chile
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Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 6,630,640 CLP · 3 price series · n=3 observations

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DenmarkPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
SpainPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
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France
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Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 5,654.51 EUR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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United Kingdom
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 7,426 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Private published prices

Scope not establishedguide price from (guide / approximate): 16,761 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Official public wait: 6 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
India
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 90,000 INR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 46,300–76,400 INR · 3 price series · n=9 observations

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ItalyPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Japan
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 376,900 JPY · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Malaysia
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Published package; check inclusionspublished amount: 32,000 MYR · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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NorwayPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 2 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
New ZealandPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Poland
Private published prices

Published package; check inclusionsfrom: 27,900–29,900 PLN · 2 price series · n=2 observations

Official public wait: 1 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
PortugalPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
SwedenPrice: — Not in snapshot yetOfficial public wait: 4 series; statistics, populations and periods in details.View figures and sources →
Thailand
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 420,000 THB · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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Türkiye
Private published prices

Component onlypublished guide / approximate amount: 6,000 GBP · 1 price series · n=1 observations

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United States
Public payment tariffs

Public hospital / intervention tariff; check scopepublished amount: 13,116.76 USD · 1 price series · n=1 observations

Public doctor fee onlypublished amount: 1,041.64–1,445.67 USD · 1 price series · n=109 observations

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What price has been published? (I33B; 2026/27)

A$24,031.35 (Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (Australia), 2026/27): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Admitted acute public hospital inlier baseline: AR-DRG weight × National Efficient Price; minor complexity. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://www.ihacpa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-03/national_efficient_price_determination_2026-27_2.pdf.

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@misc{carefare_health_index__index_hip_replacement_australia,
  author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
  title = {CareFare Global Health Index: Primary total hip replacement — Australia: What it costs and how long people wait},
  publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
  version = {1},
  date = {2026-10-15},
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  note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
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