CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: Hospital for Special Surgery
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$7,978
about 0.6× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $2,330–$23,047
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $7,978 Hospital's list price $26,351
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 | $1,342 - $76,712 | 10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $120 - $76,965 | 1% |
| Aetnamajor | $6,866 - $60,632 | 52% |
| Cignamajor | $7,575 - $54,668 | 58% |
| Fidelis Care | $1,006 - $32,692 | 8% |
| GEHA | $68,940 | 526% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $76,712 | 585% |
| Molina | $32,692 | 249% |
| + 13 smaller / regional plans | $899 - $89,438 |
Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Hospital for Special Surgery
Compare: Total knee replacement at other NY hospitals
- Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc · Dunkirk $2,599
- Nassau University Medical Center · East Meadow $2,954
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center · Elmira $3,804
- Metropolitan Hospital Center · New York $4,237
- Harlem Hospital Center · New York $4,254
- Jacobi Medical Center · Bronx $4,265
- South Brooklyn Health · Brooklyn $4,323
- Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases · New York $4,587
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.