CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Mountain View Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$13,094

about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $9,800–$15,730

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$13,115

About the fair price

about $21 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $13,094 This hospital $13,115 Cash price $38,246 Hospital's list price $141,653

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How this hospital compares to other NM hospitals

One of the lower prices — 5 of 8 other NM hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $3,190 Priciest $15,415

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NM hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $13,094 (about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Mountain View Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $13,115, or about $38,246 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Las Cruces, NM.

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	$12,865 - $72,810	98%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$11,906 - $106,240	91%
Aetnamajor	$13,115 - $113,323	100%
Cignamajor	$66,705	509%
Humanamajor	$13,115	100%
Amerigroup	$13,115	100%
Devoted Health	$13,115	100%
Molina	$12,490 - $23,640	95%
Presbyterian	$11,906 - $113,323	91%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$13,115 - $15,887

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 38,246), 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 Mountain View Regional 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.

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Other Procedures at Mountain View Regional Medical Center

Compare: Total knee replacement at other NM hospitals

Gila Regional Medical Center · Silver City $3,190
UNM Hospital · Albuquerque $12,648
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center · Roswell $13,115
Presbyterian Hospital · Albuquerque $13,218
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital · Hobbs $13,372
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center · Santa Fe $13,578
Carlsbad Medical Center · Carlsbad $14,043
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital · Tucumcari $15,415

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