CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Memorial Health Meadows Hospital

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$14,193

about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $10,771–$16,999

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$10,550

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $3,643 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $14,193 This hospital $10,550

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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 $10,550

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 $14,193 (about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Memorial Health Meadows Hospital charges insurers about $10,550 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Vidalia, GA.

What each insurance company pays

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

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaiser 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	$31,500	240%
Aetnamajor	$15,000 - $21,000	114%
Cignamajor	$4,384	33%
Humanamajor	$14,000	107%
Amerigroup	$2,187	17%
Clover Health	$10,600	81%
Devoted Health	$14,085	107%
Friday Health	$27,846	212%
Health Net	$17,972	137%
+ 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 Health Meadows Hospital 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 Health Meadows Hospital

Compare: Total knee replacement at other GA hospitals

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