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
Long Beach, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $4.1k is 16% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 63% 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: 7 payers, 16 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 | Anthem medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $641 | $641 | — | — | — | $641 – $641 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $769 | $769 | — | — | — | $769 – $769 |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $769 | $769 | — | — | — | $769 – $769 |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | — | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 6 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 8 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 9 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 10 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 11 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|trauma fee schedule · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 14 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
| 15 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $9.4k | $9.4k | — | — | — | $9.4k – $9.4k |
| 16 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $14.6k | $14.6k | — | — | — | $14.6k – $14.6k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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