CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$14,256

about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $8,935–$17,596

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$12,717

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $1,539 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $14,256 This hospital $12,717 Cash price $12,597 Hospital's list price $57,258

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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 $4,481 Priciest $12,717

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 $14,256 (about 1.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital charges insurers about $12,717, or about $12,597 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Olive Branch, 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✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$3,963 - $24,597	30%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,754 - $17,812	13%
Cignamajor	$17,464 - $24,597	133%
Humanamajor	$11,782	90%
Devoted Health	$11,782	90%
Molina	$12,189	93%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$11,782

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, 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 (about 12,597), 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 Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital 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

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Other Procedures at Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital

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.