CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Boulder Community Health

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$6,748

about 0.5× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $1,596–$13,474

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,669

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $4,079 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $6,748 This hospital $2,669

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

Lowest price of the 9 CO hospitals we have prices for — a strong deal.

Cheapest $2,669 Priciest $12,931

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

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $6,748 (about 0.5× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Boulder Community Health charges insurers about $2,669 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Boulder, CO.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 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	$1,267 - $13,286	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,267 - $48,859	10%
Aetnamajor	$1,267 - $20,303	10%
Cignamajor	$2,068 - $22,935	16%
Humanamajor	$1,267 - $12,931	10%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,951 - $12,720	15%
Devoted Health	$1,267 - $12,931	10%
SelectHealth	$1,773 - $30,129	14%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$1,057 - $13,440

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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, 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 Boulder Community Health 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 Boulder Community Health

Compare: Total knee replacement at other CO hospitals

Saint Joseph Hospital · Denver $10,318
Good Samaritan Medical Center LLC · Lafayette $10,318
St Thomas More Hospital · Canon City $10,660
Lutheran Medical Center · Wheat Ridge $10,891
Uchealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital · Woodland Park $11,314
Craig Hospital · Englewood $12,775
Uchealth Greeley Hospital · Greeley $12,867
Poudre Valley Hospital · Fort Collins $12,931

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