CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Lee's Summit Medical Center

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$11,885

about 0.9× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $3,658–$16,190

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$16,074

Above the fair price

about $4,189 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $11,885 This hospital $16,074

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $2,533 Priciest $16,074

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

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $11,885 (about 0.9× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Lee's Summit Medical Center charges insurers about $16,074 — above the fair price. Located in Lees Summit, MO.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $11,885. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

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	$4,264 - $38,731	33%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$25,858	197%
Aetnamajor	$4,434 - $31,756	34%
Cignamajor	$13,502 - $32,176	103%
Humanamajor	$3,738 - $14,000	28%
Ambetter (Centene)	$21,244	162%
Amerigroup	$4,434	34%
Devoted Health	$16,074	123%
Oscar Health	$19,036	145%
UniCare	$4,434	34%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$1,995 - $28,000

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, 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 Lee's Summit Medical Center 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.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Lee's Summit Medical Center

Compare: Total knee replacement at other MO hospitals

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