CMS Price Transparency Data

Total hip replacement

Facility: Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock

Billing Code: 27130 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$12,575

about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $9,327–$16,453

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$11,932

About the fair price

about $643 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $12,575 This hospital $11,932 Cash price $11,423 Hospital's list price $30,061

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 MS hospitals compared.

Cheapest $4,191 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 hip replacement is about $12,575 (about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock charges insurers about $11,932, or about $11,423 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bay Saint Louis, 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	$8,766 - $11,814	67%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$17,650 - $17,812	135%
Aetnamajor	$11,932	91%
Cignamajor	$11,814	90%
Humanamajor	$10,632 - $11,814	81%
Ambetter (Centene)	$18,902	144%
WellCare	$11,814	90%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$12,404 - $33,079

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 11,423), 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: 27130.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 27130.
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 Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock

Compare: Total hip replacement at other MS hospitals

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County · Starkville $4,191
Singing River Gulfport · Gulfport $11,345
Merit Health Wesley · Hattiesburg $11,417
Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $11,576
Singing River Health System · Pascagoula $11,966
Merit Health River Region · Vicksburg $12,242
Merit Health Natchez · Natchez $12,242
Merit Health River Oaks · Flowood $12,587

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