CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Hackensack University Medical Center

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$15,764

about 1.2× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $11,051–$21,756

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $15,764 Hospital's list price $14,508

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$3,192 - $30,778	24%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$15,153	116%
Aetnamajor	$3,642 - $15,220	28%
Cignamajor	$11,606 - $21,225	88%
AmeriHealth	$8,013 - $8,904	61%
Clover Health	$2,611	20%
WellCare	$15,153	116%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$2,728 - $25,336

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 Hackensack University Medical Center 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.

Other Procedures at Hackensack University Medical Center

Compare: Total knee replacement at other NJ hospitals

St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc · Paterson $2,674
Raritan Bay Medical Center · Perth Amboy $9,176
Jefferson Stratford Hospital · Stratford $10,746
Ocean Medical Center · Brick $12,867
Jfk University Medical Center · Edison $12,867
Cape Regional Medical Center Inc · Cape May Court House $14,002
Capital Health Regional Medical Center · Trenton $14,062
Southern Ocean Medical Center · Manahawkin $14,062

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