CMS Price Transparency Data

Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay)

Facility: Adventist Health Sonora

Billing Code: 470 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$16,500

about 1.2× the $14,044 Medicare rate · typically $10,170–$20,978

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$18,932

About the fair price

about $2,432 over the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $14,044 Fair price $16,500 This hospital $18,932 Cash price $32,848 Hospital's list price $193,226

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $9,517 Priciest $18,932

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

A fair price for a Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) is about $16,500 (about 1.2× the $14,044 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Sonora charges insurers about $18,932, or about $32,848 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Sonora, CA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$18,932 - $134,795	135%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$18,932 - $26,432	135%
Aetnamajor	$18,932 - $64,963	135%
Cignamajor	$164,242	1169%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$96,613	688%
Health Net	$18,932 - $150,330	135%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$34,078 - $164,242

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 7 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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 (about 32,848), 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 MS-DRG code on your bill matches exactly: 470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Sonora is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for MS-DRG code 470.
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 Adventist Health Sonora

Compare: Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) at other CA hospitals

Patients' Hospital of Redding · Redding $9,517
College Medical Center · Long Beach $12,743
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center · San Jose $15,669
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital · Salinas $17,291
Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern Calif · Sacramento $17,574
French Hospital Medical Center · San Luis Obispo $17,727
Fresno Surgical Hospital · Fresno $17,982
Good Samaritan Hospital, LP · Bakersfield $18,197

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