CMS Price Transparency Data

Total knee replacement

Facility: Woodland Heights Medical Center

Billing Code: 27447 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$12,717

about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate · typically $8,648–$17,520

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$18,443

Above the fair price

about $5,726 over the fair price · 1.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $13,117 Fair price $12,717 This hospital $18,443 Cash price $73,430 Hospital's list price $407,946

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $2,404 Priciest $18,443

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Total knee replacement is about $12,717 (about 1.0× the $13,117 Medicare rate). Woodland Heights Medical Center charges insurers about $18,443, or about $73,430 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Lufkin, TX.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $12,717. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

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	$12,674 - $180,883	97%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,273 - $59,560	17%
Aetnamajor	$216,211 - $346,754	1648%
Cignamajor	$177,457	1353%
Humanamajor	$12,674	97%
Amerigroup	$13,308 - $63,566	101%
UniCare	$244,768	1866%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$13,181 - $101,987

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

Excludes 5 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 73,430), 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 Woodland Heights 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Woodland Heights Medical Center

Compare: Total knee replacement at other TX hospitals

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