CPT 27487

Arthroplasty - Knee

Current code41 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicaid managed care: Rate for an Apple Health managed-care plan. Applies only to members of that plan.

Prices for CPT 27487 by hospital
Hospital	Medicaid managed care rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Island HospitalAnacortes	$6,572 – $7,1303 plans	$795 – $3,975	$795 – $3,975
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$1,127 – $3,221Doctor’s fee: $2,094 – $3,221	$1,734 – $4,956Doctor’s fee: $3,221 – $4,956
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$1,045 – $1,1169 plans	$7,367	$7,367
Three Rivers HospitalBrewster	Doctor’s fee: $840 – $4,203	Doctor’s fee: $1,200 – $6,004	Doctor’s fee: $1,200 – $6,004
Trios HealthKennewick	—	—	$67,658 – $131,625

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $1,699 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $1,568 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $17,914 (APC 5116)
Surgery center payment (national): $13,964

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 27487:

27487P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)
27487T (with a letter after it, T; 2 price lines)