CMS Price Transparency Data
Total knee replacement
Facility: Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$1,330
about 0.1× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $876–$2,215
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $1,330 Cash price $4,138 Hospital's list price $4,138
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 | $856 - $1,474 | 7% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $623 - $1,754 | 5% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,223 - $1,284 | 9% |
| Cignamajor | $1,039 - $1,773 | 8% |
| Humanamajor | $1,100 - $1,284 | 8% |
| Amerigroup | $749 - $1,179 | 6% |
| Fidelis Care | $1,100 - $1,467 | 8% |
| Independent Health | $637 - $1,602 | 5% |
| MagnaCare | $1,223 | 9% |
| Molina | $1,685 - $2,654 | 13% |
| MVP Health Care | $1,417 - $1,667 | 11% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $2,045 - $2,201 | 16% |
| WellCare | $1,143 - $1,345 | 9% |
| + 16 smaller / regional plans | $749 - $3,941 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
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.