CMS Price Transparency Data

Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay)

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms

Billing Code: 470 (MS-DRG)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$24,437

about 1.7× the $14,044 Medicare rate · typically $18,549–$25,447

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$24,158

About the fair price

about $279 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $14,044 Fair price $24,437 This hospital $24,158

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $14,180 Priciest $24,158

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

A fair price for a Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) is about $24,437 (about 1.7× the $14,044 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms charges insurers about $24,158 — about the fair price. Located in Oxford, MS.

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✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$17,594 - $25,960	125%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$13,824 - $26,861	98%
Aetnamajor	$14,092	100%
Humanamajor	$14,092	100%
Devoted Health	$13,690	97%
Health Net	$26,842	191%
Molina	$24,829	177%
+ 54 smaller / regional plans	$14,092 - $31,213

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 MS-DRG code on your bill matches exactly: 470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for MS-DRG code 470.
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 Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms

Compare: Hip or knee replacement (inpatient stay) at other MS hospitals

Singing River Gulfport · Gulfport $14,180
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven · Brookhaven $14,193
Singing River Health System · Pascagoula $14,390
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo · Yazoo City $14,707
Bmh-Calhoun · Calhoun City $14,707
Baptist Medical Center Attala · Kosciusko $14,707
Merit Health River Region · Vicksburg $15,336
University of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada · Grenada $15,378

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