Total knee replacement
Facility: Merit Health River Oaks
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS 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 $14,048 (about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Merit Health River Oaks charges insurers about $12,587, or about $39,456 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Flowood, 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
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 | $9,805 - $58,527 | 75% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $17,650 | 135% |
| Aetnamajor | $11,736 - $153,442 | 89% |
| Cignamajor | $43,621 | 333% |
| Humanamajor | $11,394 | 87% |
| CareSource | $10,001 | 76% |
| Devoted Health | $11,622 | 89% |
| Molina | $10,589 - $19,349 | 81% |
| WellCare | $11,823 | 90% |
| + 26 smaller / regional plans | $7,381 - $197,282 |
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Other Procedures at Merit Health River Oaks
Compare: Total knee replacement at other MS hospitals
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County · Starkville $4,481
- 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
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.