CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: North Alabama Medical Center
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$11,806
about 0.9× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $7,260–$14,209
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $11,806 Cash price $4,068 Hospital's list price $11,624
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser Permanente
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $11,742 - $17,027 | 90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $2,305 - $13,309 | 18% |
| Aetnamajor | $11,240 - $11,977 | 86% |
| Humanamajor | $12,329 | 94% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | $11,174 | 85% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $11,742 - $14,678 |
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Other Procedures at North Alabama Medical Center
Compare: Total knee replacement at other AL hospitals
- St Vincent's Birmingham · Birmingham $10,821
- St Vincents Blount · Oneonta $10,863
- St. Vincent's East · Birmingham $10,926
- Whitfield Regional Hospital · Demopolis $11,065
- Hill Hospital of Sumter County · York $11,065
- J Paul Jones Hospital · Camden $11,065
- Medical Center Enterprise · Enterprise $11,180
- Riverview Regional Medical Center · Gadsden $11,459
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.