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An orthopedics facility in Austin: $21,500 complete bundlevs. Hospital Traditional Billing: $28,733

The true cost of a knee surgery shouldn’t be a mystery. With TruePrice Care, you agree on one final price before the date of the operation. That price covers the operating room, surgeon, anesthesia, implant, and all follow-up care. Compare that to the traditional hospital route, where you pay $28,733.

When you go through a traditional hospital, you don’t buy a procedure—you buy a cascade of paperwork.

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The cascade

The Anatomy of a Hospital Bill

Card 1
  • The Operating Room Bill – The facility charge. The bill often arrives weeks after surgery.
Card 2
  • The Surgeon Bill – A separate charge for the doctor’s time and expertise.
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  • The Anesthesiologist Bill – The anesthesiologist is billed separately and is not usually included in the service price.
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  • The Never-Ending Bills – Four months later, your employee is still opening envelopes.
The definition

What is a Bundled Cash Price?

A bundled cash price is one single price for an entire medical procedure. You make one upfront payment, that’s it. This is not a “discounted bill.” There is no bill. Payment is made prior to service. It is a transparent, predictable transaction for your healthcare.

Why It Costs Less

1. Direct Elimination of Insurance OverheadTraditional healthcare providers spend an estimated 30% of their total revenue just on the complex infrastructure required to bill, code, and collect payments from insurance companies. Insurance claims are frequently delayed or rejected, requiring extensive administrative staff to dispute. Cash-pay bundled systems completely bypass this gridlock. Providers receive a single, guaranteed payment up-front or immediately after care, allowing them to pass massive administrative savings directly to the patient.

2. Streamlining the “Episode of Care”In a traditional “fee-for-service” model, every single item—from an aspirin to an extra night in a hospital bed—is billed as a separate, line-item charge. This naturally incentivizes providers to increase the volume of services.

  • The Bundled Approach: A cash-pay bundle wraps the surgeon’s fee, anesthesiologist, facility fee, and routine follow-up care into one flat price.
  • The Incentive Shift: Because extra volume no longer generates extra revenue, providers are financially incentivized to maximize efficiency, cut out duplicative tests, and reduce unnecessary steps.

3. Shift to Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs)Many bundled cash providers perform operations in independent, freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) rather than massive, multi-department corporate hospitals. ASCs have radically lower operating overhead, specialized clinical teams, and faster turnaround times. Performing a procedure in an outpatient ASC can cost a fraction of what a traditional hospital charges for the exact same surgery.

4. Severe Mitigation of Financial ComplicationsWhen a provider accepts a fixed bundle, they assume the financial risk for avoidable complications within that package. If a patient experiences a routine, preventable setback, the provider absorbs the cost rather than passing a fresh bill to the patient. To protect their own margins, bundled providers heavily invest in:

  • Rigorous pre-surgery patient optimization.
  • Strict infection controls.
  • Highly coordinated discharge planning to prevent expensive hospital readmissions.

5. Transparent Market CompetitionTraditional medical pricing is notoriously guarded and heavily distorted by complex, confidential hospital-insurer contracts. Cash-pay bundled providers publish their rates openly. This introduces a true free-market dynamic into healthcare, forcing providers to price their packages competitively to attract patients who are paying out-of-pocket or utilizing an employer-sponsored cash program.

$43 billionin billing waste 💸
11.6%denied claims 🛑
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