CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: UW Health
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$5,264
about 0.4× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $1,606–$8,303
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $5,264 Cash price $1,779 Hospital's list price $11,117
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 | $1,202 - $2,337 | 9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $1,202 - $11,117 | 9% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,202 - $2,264 | 9% |
| Cignamajor | $2,343 | 18% |
| Humanamajor | $1,202 | 9% |
| Quartz | $2,537 - $2,865 | 19% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $1,202 - $7,782 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at UW Health
Compare: Total knee replacement at other IL hospitals
- Blessing Hospital · Quincy $2,563
- OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center · Alton $4,140
- Trinity Rock Island · Rock Island $4,167
- Morrison Community Hospital · Morrison $5,849
- Edward Hospital · Naperville $6,678
- Northwest Community Hospital 1 · Arlington Heights $7,505
- Elmhurst Memorial Hospital · Elmhurst $8,847
- Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital · Evanston $10,156
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.