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27446

Replacement of knee joint on side of knee

$181.2M in total Medicare payments across 10 years

🔎 Data Analysis

Procedure 27446 (Replacement of knee joint on side of knee) received $181.2M in total Medicare payments.

Across 126.6K services, the average Medicare payment was $1.4K per service.

AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.

Spending Trends (2014-2023)

Year-over-Year Breakdown

YearPaymentsServicesYoY Change
2014$13.2M12.8K—
2015$13.2M12.4K-0.0%
2016$16.4M14.3K+24.2%
2017$16.3M14.4K-0.5%
2018$18.0M14.5K+10.8%
2019$20.6M14.4K+14.4%
2020$19.1M10.9K-7.7%
2021$21.0M11.2K+10.4%
2022$21.6M11.0K+2.8%
2023$21.8M10.8K+1.0%

Top Providers for 27446

#ProviderSpecialtyStatePaymentsServicesAvg/Service
1Sog Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMS$860.2K140$6.1K
2Surgcenter At National Harbor, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMD$683.2K95$7.2K
3Surgical Center At Columbia Orthopaedic Group LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMO$676.6K105$6.4K
4Landmark Surgical Suites, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIN$656.7K99$6.6K
5Physicians Surgery Center At Glendale Adventist, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterCA$626.4K85$7.4K
6Madison Physician Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMS$598.0K90$6.6K
7Midwest Specialty Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIN$563.3K79$7.1K
8Osi, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMI$448.2K68$6.6K
9White Fence Surgical Suites, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterOH$446.3K64$7.0K
10Physicians Day Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$427.0K63$6.8K
11Capital Orthopaedic Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMD$397.1K54$7.4K
12Surgcenter Tucson, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$392.4K59$6.7K
13Hss Palm Beach Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$313.9K46$6.8K
14Portsmouth Surgicenter, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterNH$301.5K42$7.2K
15Specialty Surgical Suites, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterHI$268.9K33$8.1K
16Tlc Asc, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterFL$264.8K39$6.8K
17Bluegrass Orthopaedics Surgical Division LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterKY$252.6K38$6.6K
18Deer Pointe Surgical Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterMD$247.3K36$6.9K
19Bloomington Advanced Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIN$236.4K34$7.0K
20Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterVA$230.8K34$6.8K
21Knoxville Orthopaedic Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterTN$219.8K36$6.1K
22Olympia Orthopaedic Associates PllcAmbulatory Surgical CenterWA$208.7K30$7.0K
23Westmont Surgery Center LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterIL$191.6K26$7.4K
24Flagstaff Bone & Joint Surgical Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterAZ$190.5K27$7.1K
25Lawrenceville Surgery Center, LlcAmbulatory Surgical CenterGA$187.5K28$6.7K

Spending by State

StatePaymentsServicesProvidersAvg/Provider
FL$2.4M91139$61.0K
IN$1.9M71821$89.9K
MS$1.7M5949$192.6K
MD$1.5M46115$103.2K
CA$1.4M1.1K42$33.7K
MI$1.4M55922$61.4K
AZ$1.2M53820$59.6K
MO$1.0M44910$101.1K
OH$953.0K43817$56.1K
WA$792.0K36518$44.0K
TN$781.2K39114$55.8K
VA$676.2K49818$37.6K
NC$658.1K28518$36.6K
NH$585.0K1887$83.6K
TX$572.5K59930$19.1K
IL$521.7K33117$30.7K
NJ$417.5K20313$32.1K
PA$361.9K36919$19.0K
GA$342.4K1428$42.8K
KY$336.7K1626$56.1K
HI$322.0K873$107.3K
AL$219.5K1355$43.9K
CT$189.3K453$63.1K
MA$177.9K20911$16.2K
ND$174.6K774$43.6K
NY$161.9K16711$14.7K
MN$157.2K683$52.4K
UT$130.7K543$43.6K
WY$117.7K423$39.2K
AR$101.8K554$25.4K

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  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.