CPT 27445 · 692 hospitals reporting

Revision of knee joint

The same procedure costs $722 at one hospital and $40,892 at another — a 57× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $3,523.

Cheapest published

$722

3 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 692 hospitals

$3,523

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$40,892

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

49 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$3,523	$3,523	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,498	$3,498	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$6,068	$3,641	—	—	3 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$5,626	$3,376	$3,094	$18,989	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$6,249	$3,812	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,950	$3,950	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$3,013	$3,013	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$4,187	$4,187	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$6,063	$4,244	—	—	2 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$5,725	$4,580	—	—	5 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$3,290	$2,303	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$3,762	$2,257	$2,069	$18,989	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$7,000	$4,900	$0	$6,300	4 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$7,000	$4,900	$0	$6,300	3 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,827	$2,120	—	—	0 insurers
OCH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$3,240	$2,074	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$9,246	$5,058	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,816	$1,971	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$5,078	$5,078	—	—	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$5,163	$1,807	$1	$11,664	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$4,030	$1,652	—	—	5 insurers
ST GABRIELS HOSPITAL	MN	$3,293	$1,647	$1,164	$3,505	5 insurers
ERLANGER MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,890	$1,526	—	—	5 insurers
GROVE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$2,509	$1,505	—	—	4 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,768	$1,384	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$2,759	$1,297	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,132	$1,132	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,132	$1,132	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$4,004	$1,001	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$2,781	$973	—	—	2 insurers
WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$3,536	$778	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,330	$722	—	—	5 insurers