CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Holy Cross Hospital A Div of Taos Health Systems

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$8,106

about 0.6× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $2,327–$18,391

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $8,106 Cash price $1,168 Hospital's list price $1,461

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What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare Blue Cross Blue ShieldAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$9,026	69%

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 1,168), 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 Holy Cross Hospital A Div of Taos Health Systems 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 Holy Cross Hospital A Div of Taos Health Systems

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
Mountain View Regional Medical Center · Las Cruces $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

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