Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
EXPLORE/TREAT KNEE JOINT
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $7.7k is 115% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 91% of the 1,681 hospitals reporting CPT 27331. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 5 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $4.9k | $4.9k | — | — | — | $4.9k – $4.9k |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $10.2k | $11.4k | $2.7k | 24% | — | $8.8k – $15.1k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $17.4k | $17.4k | — | — | — | $17.4k – $17.4k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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