CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: St Vincent Medical Center/North

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$12,767

about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $9,169–$14,727

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$9,928

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $2,839 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $12,767 This hospital $9,928

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How this hospital compares to other AR hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 AR hospitals compared.

Cheapest $3,324 Priciest $12,541

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 AR hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $12,767 (about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate). St Vincent Medical Center/North charges insurers about $9,928 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sherwood, AR.

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	$9,928 - $12,155	76%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$11,801 - $13,270	90%
Aetnamajor	$3,324 - $12,391	25%
Cignamajor	$2,280 - $12,155	17%
Humanamajor	$2,912 - $12,155	22%
Ambetter (Centene)	$5,425 - $17,951	41%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$726

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price, before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 27447.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Vincent Medical Center/North is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 27447.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at St Vincent Medical Center/North

Compare: Total knee replacement at other AR hospitals

CHI St Vincent Morrilton · Morrilton $3,324
CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs · Hot Springs $8,505
Chi-St Vincent Infirmary · Little Rock $8,927
Arkansas Surgical Hospital · No Little Rock $12,111
Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC · Little Rock $12,310
Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock · North Little Rock $12,541
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock · Little Rock $12,541
Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway · Conway $12,541

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.