CMS Price Transparency Data

Total hip replacement

Facility: Carolina East Medical Center

Billing Code: 27130 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$2,319

about 0.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $991–$15,673

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $2,319 Cash price $3,711 Hospital's list price $6,185

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$2,165	17%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$4,318	33%
Aetnamajor	$5,480	42%
Cignamajor	$5,628	43%
Humanamajor	$1,087	8%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$1,087 - $5,586

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (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 (about 3,711), 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 Carolina East Medical Center 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.

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 Carolina East Medical Center

Compare: Total hip replacement at other NC hospitals

Frye Regional Medical Center · Hickory $7,554
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.