Medicare spends an average of $16,500 to $33,000 per patient for the surgery, hospitalization, and recovery from hip and knee replacements, but depending on the provider and where the treatment takes place, the quality and cost of these surgeries can vary greatly.edicare spends an average of $16,500 to $33,000 per patient for the surgery, hospitalization, and recovery from hip and knee replacements, but depending on the provider and where the treatment takes place, the quality and cost of these surgeries can vary greatly.
Ledge means a piece of masonry or wood or stone that juts out into an open space. A mountain climber might use a ledge of rock to support his body from falling, for example.
1. verb. 1  If you stoop, you stand or walk with your shoulders bent forwards. 2  Stoop is also a noun. 3  If you stoop, you bend your body forwards and downwards. 4  If you say that a person stoops to doing something, you are criticizing them because they do something wrong or immoral that they would not normally do.