CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Children's Mercy South

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$2,822

about 0.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $2,073–$6,977

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,533

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $289 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $2,822 This hospital $2,533 Cash price $1,886 Hospital's list price $3,929

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How this hospital compares to other KS hospitals

One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other KS hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $2,488 Priciest $11,669

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

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $2,822 (about 0.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Children's Mercy South charges insurers about $2,533, or about $1,886 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. 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.

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	$1,214 - $2,589	9%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,071 - $2,682	16%
Aetnamajor	$2,590 - $3,274	20%
Cignamajor	$3,129	24%
Humanamajor	$2,525	19%
Health Net	$2,907	22%
HealthLink	$1,667	13%
Medica	$2,291	17%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$1,295 - $2,868

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 (about 1,886), 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 Children's Mercy South 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 Children's Mercy South

Compare: Total knee replacement at other KS hospitals

Sck Health · Arkansas City $2,488
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
Manhattan Surgical Hospital LLC · Manhattan $11,669

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