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.
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Explore/treat knee joint
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $5.2k is 45% above the median hospital's median price ($3.6k), higher than 76% 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: 11 payers, 19 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 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 4 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 5 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 6 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 8 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.7k | $4.7k | — | — | — | $4.7k – $4.7k |
| 9 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
| 11 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 12 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 15 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $6.8k |
| 16 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 17 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 18 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.2k | $7.2k | — | — | — | $7.2k – $7.2k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $7.9k | $7.9k | — | — | — | $7.9k – $7.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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