CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$2,457
about 0.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $1,203–$8,025
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $2,457
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 | $1,160 - $13,550 | 9% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $1,178 | 9% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,219 - $13,317 | 9% |
| Cignamajor | $1,178 - $13,510 | 9% |
| Humanamajor | $1,201 - $13,124 | 9% |
| AmeriHealth | $1,160 | 9% |
| Molina | $1,110 | 8% |
| WellCare | $1,160 | 9% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $1,148 - $16,084 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Other Procedures at Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health
Compare: Total knee replacement at other NC hospitals
- Frye Regional Medical Center · Hickory $10,025
- Columbus Regional Healthcare System · Whiteville $12,131
- Sentara Albemarle Medical Center · Elizabeth City $12,394
- Wakemed, Raleigh Campus · Raleigh $12,438
- North Carolina Baptist Hospital · Winston-Salem $12,455
- Person Memorial Hospital · Roxboro $12,531
- Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center · Winston-Salem $12,607
- Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center · Thomasville $12,607
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.