CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$8,628

about 0.7× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $3,497–$16,122

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$4,481

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $4,147 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $8,628 This hospital $4,481 Cash price $2,868 Hospital's list price $4,481

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

Lowest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — a strong deal.

Cheapest $4,481 Priciest $12,587

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

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $8,628 (about 0.7× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County charges insurers about $4,481, or about $2,868 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Starkville, MS.

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	$4,481	34%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$4,481	34%
Aetnamajor	$2,465	19%
Cignamajor	$4,481	34%
Humanamajor	$3,137 - $4,481	24%
Ambetter (Centene)	$4,481	34%
HealthLink	$3,137	24%
Molina	$4,481	34%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$3,137 - $10,516

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Military & VA.

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 2,868), 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 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County 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 Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County

Compare: Total knee replacement at other MS hospitals

Singing River Gulfport · Gulfport $11,345
Merit Health Wesley · Hattiesburg $11,417
Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $11,576
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock · Bay Saint Louis $11,932
Singing River Health System · Pascagoula $12,023
Merit Health River Region · Vicksburg $12,242
Merit Health Natchez · Natchez $12,302
Merit Health River Oaks · Flowood $12,587

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