CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Saint Luke's South Hospital

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$11,237

about 0.9× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $4,422–$22,952

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$11,997

About the fair price

about $760 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $11,237 This hospital $11,997 Cash price $39,455 Hospital's list price $65,759

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How this hospital compares to other KS hospitals

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

Cheapest $2,488 Priciest $11,997

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $11,237 (about 0.9× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Saint Luke's South Hospital charges insurers about $11,997, or about $39,455 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Overland Park, KS.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldAetnaKaiser 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	$11,133 - $18,590	85%
Cignamajor	$1,100 - $11,442	8%
Humanamajor	$11,200	85%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$12,551

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 39,455), 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 Saint Luke's South 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Saint Luke's South Hospital

Compare: Total knee replacement at other KS hospitals

Sck Health · Arkansas City $2,488
Children's Mercy South · Overland Park $2,533
Minneola District Hospital · Minneola $2,550
Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center · Chanute $2,653
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital Inc · Wichita $5,764
Hospital District #1 of Rice County · Lyons $8,620
Scott County Hospital · Scott City $10,013
Salina Surgical Hospital · Salina $11,669

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