CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Memorial Satilla Health

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$14,206

about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $5,256–$16,976

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$10,500

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $3,706 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $14,206 This hospital $10,500

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How this hospital compares to other GA hospitals

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

Cheapest $3,574 Priciest $10,500

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

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $14,206 (about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Memorial Satilla Health charges insurers about $10,500 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Waycross, GA.

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	$28,140	215%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$32,410 - $39,423	247%
Aetnamajor	$4,829 - $6,761	37%
Cignamajor	$4,289	33%
Humanamajor	$14,000	107%
Amerigroup	$2,365	18%
Clover Health	$10,600	81%
Devoted Health	$15,262	116%
Friday Health	$27,846	212%
Health Net	$17,972	137%
WellCare	$1,150	9%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$2,550 - $24,200

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 Memorial Satilla 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 Memorial Satilla Health

Compare: Total knee replacement at other GA hospitals

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