The REAL Cost of a Knee Replacement
When healthcare gives you a price, it's never the full picture. Here's the full journey.
Individual procedure costs are misleading. A knee replacement is not just the surgery — it is the MRI, the office visit, 12+ PT sessions, and follow-up appointments. Our bundle analysis shows the true all-in cost, which can be 3-5x the surgery cost alone.
Nobody gets "just" a knee replacement. You get a pre-op consultation, imaging, anesthesia, the surgery itself, post-op care, physical therapy — a dozen separate billing codes that add up to the real cost. But hospitals never quote you the bundle price.
We assembled realistic procedure bundles for common surgeries, combining every component you'd actually need from start to finish. The results show that the "sticker price" for a single procedure code vastly understates what patients actually pay.
Select a bundle below to see the full cost breakdown — and how it varies by state.