CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: The East Alabama Healthcare Authority
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$3,003
about 0.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $1,533–$8,846
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $3,003 Cash price $13,009 Hospital's list price $23,652
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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 | $18,922 | 144% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $182 - $14,336 | 1% |
| Aetnamajor | $182 - $24,371 | 1% |
| Cignamajor | $182 - $22,943 | 1% |
| Humanamajor | $182 - $23,331 | 1% |
| GEHA | $20,104 | 153% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $182 - $28,974 |
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at The East Alabama Healthcare Authority
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.