CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Ochsner Scott Regional

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$4,651

about 0.4× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $2,047–$19,320

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$17,988

Well above the fair price

about $13,337 over the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $4,651 This hospital $17,988

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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 $17,988

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 $4,651 (about 0.4× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Ochsner Scott Regional charges insurers about $17,988 — well above the fair price. Located in Morton, MS.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $4,651. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$10,189	78%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$17,812	136%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$18,547

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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, 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 Ochsner Scott Regional 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

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Ochsner Scott Regional

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.