Primary total knee replacement

Public tariffs are not private self-pay prices or complete episode quotes. Keep each source period, payment component, price qualifier and waiting-time population separate. Historical statistics do not establish current appointment availability. Original source rights apply; see the attribution and source links beside each series.

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STANDARDIZED EPISODE BENCHMARK · CUTOFF 2026-10-19

Public tariffs, separately identified private published prices and public waiting times for primary total knee replacement, drawn from government schedules, hospital price publications and waiting-time registries (cutoff: 2026-10-19).

What a complete procedure typically includes

Our reference definition covers: surgeon, anaesthesia, implant, hospital stay, routine follow-up. It excludes: revision, bilateral surgery, complications, travel. Note: Government tariff codes below follow each country’s own billing rules and may exclude implants, doctor fees, or follow-up care—check each country card for what is included.

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Public tariffs are not private cash prices: Public-tariff rows show what a government health system (such as the UK NHS, US Medicare, or French public insurance) pays a hospital or doctor—not what you pay out of pocket as a private patient.
Published private packages are separate from public tariffs: Private packages carry their hospital name and published scope. Check whether the price is partial or hospital-wide: Some schedules publish a single hospital payment, while others (like US Medicare) split the doctor’s fee and the hospital facility fee into separate rows. We never add separate fees together.
Two different ways countries measure waiting times: Some countries report how long people currently on the waiting list have been waiting so far (e.g., Spain), while others report the total wait for patients who already had their procedure (e.g., Poland, Denmark).

Official benchmarks with unverified episode equivalence do not establish the cost of the complete procedure. Historical periods do not describe current appointment availability.

At a glance by country

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Belgium

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$876.85 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (782.34 EUR)What the public health system pays (official tariff)Official government source (L2)Surgeon professional fee only; printed INAMI Honoraires column · Schedule: 2026-01-01Source: National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Belgium)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Belgium

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

public_tariff · Surgeon professional fee only; printed INAMI Honoraires column · code 290286 · source period 2026-01-01 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 782.34 · p25 782.34 · median 782.34 · p75 782.34 · max 782.34 EUR · n=1

USD: min 876.85 · p25 876.85 · median 876.85 · p75 876.85 · max 876.85 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-15 · 1 EUR = 1.1208 USDSource period: 2026-01-01 · Captured: 2026-10-15T04:03:40.080ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Official regulated surgeon fee, not a whole-episode hospital tariff or patient bill. AMB code 290275; HOS code 290286. Anaesthesia, facility/stay, implants, other practitioners and follow-up are not added. Cataract code allows lens implantation but does not establish monofocal lens material coverage. Primary arthroplasty codes are separate from revision/replacement-of-prosthesis codes.

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Brazil

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$1,111.88 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (5,622.68 BRL)What the public health system pays (official tariff)Official government source (L2)Published base Valor Tabela SUS for the principal procedure; federal supplementation excluded · Schedule: 2025Source: Ministry of Health — SUS official tariff act (Brazil)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Brazil

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

public_tariff · Published base Valor Tabela SUS for the principal procedure; federal supplementation excluded · code 0408050063 · source period 2025 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 5,622.68 · p25 5,622.68 · median 5,622.68 · p75 5,622.68 · max 5,622.68 BRL · n=1

USD: min 1,111.88 · p25 1,111.88 · median 1,111.88 · p75 1,111.88 · max 1,111.88 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-15 · 1 BRL = 0.19775 USDSource period: 2025 · Captured: 2026-10-15T09:06:04.664ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical 2025 official-act edition, not asserted current in 2026. issuedAt is the signature date; Art. 6 puts operational effect in the competence following publication. No unverified publication/effective date is encoded. Printed base procedure tariff only; the maximum federal supplementation percentage is a separate column and is not applied. Art. 3 §1 distinguishes the principal-procedure total from the global AIH/APAC admission amount. No claim that implants, separately billable materials, complications, hospital episode or follow-up match all basket inclusions. No SH/SP summation or currency conversion. Hip code is cemented primary total replacement; knee is primary total replacement. BRL unit is supported by the identical R$ arthroplasty totals in Portaria GM/MS nº 6.465/2024.

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Canada

British Columbia, Nova Scotia · Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Canada

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

22 weeksTypical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Period: 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · British ColumbiaSource: British Columbia Ministry of Health

58.9 weeksLong-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 public patients treated within (90th percentile, completed patients)90% of patients who completed surgery in 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 waited this long or less; 10% waited longer.Period: 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · British ColumbiaSource: British Columbia Ministry of Health

138 days (~4.5 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Period: 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Nova ScotiaHistorical data (2025-04-01/2025-06-30) — not current waitSource: Nova Scotia Health

445 days (~14.6 months)Long-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 public patients treated within (90th percentile, completed patients)90% of patients who completed surgery in 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 waited this long or less; 10% waited longer.Period: 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Nova ScotiaHistorical data (2025-04-01/2025-06-30) — not current waitSource: Nova Scotia Health

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

median; completed patients · Knee Replacement procedure group; booking form received to completed surgery; includes replacement and revision · source period 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:56:35.789ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Official BC surgical procedure-group percentile, all ages, scheduled inpatient/day surgeries. Wait Two begins when the health authority receives the booking form. Includes revision procedures and therefore is broader than the primary replacement basket. Consult wait excluded. No averaging of facility or authority percentiles. Definitions: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/surgical-wait-times/understanding-wait-times/wait-time-procedure-groupings

p90; completed patients · Knee Replacement procedure group; booking form received to completed surgery; includes replacement and revision · source period 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-04-01/2026-06-30 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:56:35.789ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

median; completed patients · Surgery wait; excludes the separately reported wait for specialist consultation · source period 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:56:23.225ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia historical completed surgery waits in days; primary replacements and first cataract surgery. Referral-to-consultation wait is separate. Provincial quarterly aggregate, not a national estimate. Open-data dataset is a historical snapshot; newer clinical website results may differ.

p90; completed patients · Surgery wait; excludes the separately reported wait for specialist consultation · source period 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2025-04-01/2025-06-30 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:56:23.225ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

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Chile

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

6,529,650 CLP (same published tariff across 3 observations)Local currency only (no ECB USD rate) — ECB does not publish CLP/USD ratesWhat Chile’s public system (FONASA) sets for the surgical interventionOfficial government source (L2)Total public surgical intervention tariff (same total across FONASA beneficiary tiers) · Schedule: 20263 tariff codes at the same published value; separate code breakdown in the complete table.Source: Chile FONASA (Official Tariff Schedule)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

1,181 days (~38.8 months)Typical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2024 had been waiting less than this.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

797 days (~26.2 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

1,319 days (~43.3 months)Average time spent on the public waiting list so far (patients currently waiting)National average time that patients still waiting for surgery had spent on the public list as of 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

938 days (~30.8 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

median; waiting patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

mean; waiting patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Public hospitals only. OECD source methods combine GES SIGGES and non-GES SIGTE; this is not asserted to be an exclusively non-GES cohort. National codes differ from ICD-9-CM. Provisional published value.

public_tariff · Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified · code 3301001 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 6,529,650 · p25 6,529,650 · median 6,529,650 · p75 6,529,650 · max 6,529,650 CLP · n=1

USD: unavailable

USD missing: 1 observationsNo dated FX rate available for CLP on 2026-10-14; we never use estimated or undated exchange rates.Source period: 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:52.207ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

public_tariff · Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified · code 3302001 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 6,529,650 · p25 6,529,650 · median 6,529,650 · p75 6,529,650 · max 6,529,650 CLP · n=1

USD: unavailable

public_tariff · Grupo 33 SAP total intervention tariff; beneficiary tranche and hip age restriction retained in evidence; inclusions unverified · code 3303001 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 6,529,650 · p25 6,529,650 · median 6,529,650 · p75 6,529,650 · max 6,529,650 CLP · n=1

USD: unavailable

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Denmark

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Denmark

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

55 days (~1.8 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. Measured from GP referral, not from the specialist decisionPeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

74 days (~2.4 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. Measured from GP referral, not from the specialist decisionPeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

70 days (~2.3 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2020-Q1.Period: 2020-Q1Historical data (2020-Q1) — not current waitSource: Denmark Health Data Authority

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Publicly funded patients in public/private hospitals; active waiting time only. From 2020 this is referral to treatment start, with surgery within 3 days; not strictly specialist assessment to treatment. Published definition differs from standard.

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Publicly funded patients in public/private hospitals; active waiting time only. From 2020 this is referral to treatment start, with surgery within 3 days; not strictly specialist assessment to treatment. Published definition differs from standard.

mean; completed patients · source period 2020-Q1 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2020-Q1 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:26.062ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical national artificial-knee surgical-treatment mean, 2020 Q1, cited in a 2023 official statistical release. Excludes investigation and patient-selected postponement; episode severity and primary/revision are unspecified. This is not a current wait estimate.

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Spain

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Spain

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

105 days (~3.4 months)Average time spent on the public waiting list so far (patients currently waiting)National average time that patients still waiting for surgery had spent on the public list as of 2025-12-31.Period: 2025-12-31Historical data (2025-12-31) — not current waitSource: Spain Ministry of Health (SISLE)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

mean; waiting patients · procedure · source period 2025-12-31 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2025-12-31 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:27.427ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Primary/revision status is not specified.

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Finland

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Finland

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

215.8 days (~7.1 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

193 days (~6.3 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedurePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. THL Care Register, elective inpatient/day cases with known waits; excludes negative waiting dates. Source warns reliability of waiting-list entry dates can be questioned.

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. THL Care Register, elective inpatient/day cases with known waits; excludes negative waiting dates. Source warns reliability of waiting-list entry dates can be questioned.

All 2 series, scope notes, billing codes and source rows for Finland

France

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$7,010.68 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (6,262.33 EUR)What French public insurance pays the public hospital (GHS base tariff)Official government source (L2)Public hospital stay base rate (excludes separately billed implants and geographic adjustments) · Schedule: 2026Source: France ATIH (Public Hospital Tariffs)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

— Not yet in our official snapshot for France

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

public_tariff · GHS public-sector base tariff from 2026 schedule; source DATE-EFFET retained separately · code 08C241 · source period 2026 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 6,262.33 · p25 6,262.33 · median 6,262.33 · p75 6,262.33 · max 6,262.33 EUR · n=1

USD: min 7,010.68 · p25 7,010.68 · median 7,010.68 · p75 7,010.68 · max 7,010.68 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-14 · 1 EUR = 1.1195 USDSource period: 2026 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:25.414ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Administrative GHS baseline; group includes related procedures and may not prove all basket inclusions. Geographic/prudential adjustments, supplements and separately reimbursed devices excluded.

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United Kingdom

England, Scotland · Published data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$9,812.27 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (7,396 GBP)What the NHS pays the hospital (England public tariff)Official government source (L2)Hospital surgery spell (day-case or inpatient stay, before local regional adjustments) · Schedule: 2026/27 · EnglandSource: NHS England (NHS Payment Scheme)

Hospital published self-pay package price

guide price from $22,076.13 USD (advertised bound, n=1) (16,665 GBP)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)Ramsay New Hall Hospital · Schedule: 2026-10-15 · EnglandSource: Ramsay Health Care UK

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

13.77 weeksTypical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2026-08 had been waiting less than this.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)

41.72 weeksLong-wait benchmark: 92% of waiting-list patients have waited less than (92nd percentile, currently waiting)Trauma and Orthopaedic Service (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)92% of patients still on the public list as of 2026-08 had waited this long or less.Period: 2026-08 · EnglandSource: NHS England (Referral to Treatment)

202 days (~6.6 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2026-08 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

468 days (~15.4 months)Long-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 public patients treated within (90th percentile, completed patients)Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)90% of patients who completed surgery in 2026-08 waited this long or less; 10% waited longer.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

159 days (~5.2 months)Typical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2026-08 had been waiting less than this.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

375 days (~12.3 months)Long-wait benchmark: 9 in 10 waiting-list patients have waited less than (90th percentile, currently waiting)Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits (specialty-level wait, not a procedure-specific wait)90% of patients still on the public list as of 2026-08 had waited this long or less.Period: 2026-08 · ScotlandSource: Public Health Scotland

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

public_tariff · Combined day case / ordinary elective spell unit price before market forces factor · code HN22E · source period 2026/27 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 7,396 · p25 7,396 · median 7,396 · p75 7,396 · max 7,396 GBP · n=1

USD: min 9,812.27 · p25 9,812.27 · median 9,812.27 · p75 9,812.27 · max 9,812.27 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-14 · 1 GBP = 1.3267 USDSource period: 2026/27 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:14.105ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

NHS administrative baseline; local MFF, excess bed days and applicable adjustments excluded. HRG case mix and episode inclusions require review.

median; waiting patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Service · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:53:51.223ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Specialty-level proxy, not a procedure waiting time. Incomplete consultant-led referral-to-treatment pathways at month end; includes diagnostics and appointments. Published NHS median/p92 are estimates from aggregate data; values are copied, never calculated from bins. One specialty is intentionally referenced by multiple basket items; do not count these as independent cohorts.

p92; waiting patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Service · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:53:51.223ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

median; completed patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:58:01.614ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Published specialty-level stage-of-treatment wait, not a procedure-specific wait or full referral-to-treatment pathway. The same specialty statistic may appear for multiple basket procedures; do not count those as independent patient cohorts.

p90; completed patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; completed waits · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:58:01.614ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

median; waiting patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:58:01.614ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

p90; waiting patients · Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (C8); inpatient/day-case stage of treatment; ongoing waits · source period 2026-08 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2026-08 · Captured: 2026-10-14T22:58:01.614ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

published_package · Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital · source period 2026-10-14 · Episode equivalence: unverified

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Approximate treatment-only guide price. Consultant fees, prosthesis, drugs and pre-existing conditions may change the final price. A fixed all-inclusive quotation follows initial consultation; the captured source does not establish the initial consultation as an included or separately charged service. Implant specification, postoperative rehabilitation and complete episode coverage are unconfirmed. Diagnostic or investigative tests before procedure confirmation are charged separately. No median or guaranteed minimum is asserted.

published_package · Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital · source period 2026-10-14 · Episode equivalence: unverified

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published_package · Nuffield Health Bristol Hospital · source period 2026-10-15 · Episode equivalence: unverified

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USD missing: 0 observationsNo dated FX rate available for GBP on 2026-10-15; we never use estimated or undated exchange rates.Source period: 2026-10-15 · Captured: 2026-10-15T04:31:47.824ZExcluded: 1 / 1 · The source website’s terms do not permit reuse of its content; excluded until written permission: 1

published_package · Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital · source period 2026-10-15 · Episode equivalence: unverified

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published_package · Ramsay New Hall Hospital · source period 2026-10-14 · Episode equivalence: unverified

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Published starting guide price, not a fixed quotation or median. Component-level inclusions, exclusions and consultant/anaesthetist fee coverage are not established in this price evidence. Implant specification and postoperative rehabilitation inclusions are unconfirmed. Contact the hospital for a quotation.

published_package · Ramsay New Hall Hospital · source period 2026-10-15 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: guide price from 16,665 GBP (advertised bound, n=1)

USD: guide price from $22,076.13 USD (advertised bound, n=1)

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-15 · 1 GBP = 1.3247 USDSource period: 2026-10-15 · Captured: 2026-10-15T04:31:50.555ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

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India

Kolkata · Published data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

Hospital published self-pay package price

$946.8 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (90,000 INR)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)GD Hospital & Diabetes Institute — Kolkata — Total Knee Replacement (One Side); economy ward 5 days; implant excluded · Schedule: 2026-10-15 · KolkataSource: GD Hospital & Diabetes Institute — Kolkata

What the public health system pays (official tariff)

$434.02 USD median (typical range p25–p75: 408.27–446.11 USD across 3 observations) (41,300 INR median)What India’s PM-JAY public insurance pays the hospitalOfficial government source (L2)Public hospital package rate across 3 city tiers — excludes separately priced implants and state top-ups · Schedule: 2022Source: India National Health Authority (PM-JAY)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

— Not yet in our official snapshot for India

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

published_package · GD Hospital & Diabetes Institute — Kolkata: Total Knee Replacement (One Side); economy ward 5 days; implant excluded · source period 2026-10-15 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 90,000 · p25 90,000 · median 90,000 · p75 90,000 · max 90,000 INR · n=1

USD: min 946.8 · p25 946.8 · median 946.8 · p75 946.8 · max 946.8 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-15 · 1 INR = 0.01052 USDSource period: 2026-10-15 · Captured: 2026-10-15T14:35:15.905ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Economy surgical package; five days counted from admission, implant explicitly excluded. Medicines beyond estimate, investigations/consumables/miscellaneous, extended bed/consultant fees, all ICU charges, blood and special instruments separately charged exactly as quoted. Not for insurance patients, privilege-card holders or medically complicated cases. Advance booking is nonrefundable; management may revise rates without notice. No physician, anaesthesia, rehabilitation or follow-up inclusion inferred. Rupees (Rs.) are original INR on this Kolkata India provider, not USD. No effective tariff date or expiry printed. published price facts; provider copyright applies. no all-inclusive or standardized episode equivalence is claimed.

public_tariff · HBP 2022 city-tier procedure tariff; separately mapped implants are excluded; state amendments/accreditation incentives not applied · code SB039A · source period 2022 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 36,400 · p25 38,850 · median 41,300 · p75 42,450 · max 43,600 INR · n=3

USD: min 382.53 · p25 408.27 · median 434.02 · p75 446.11 · max 458.19 USD · n=3

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-14 · 1 INR = 0.010509 USDSource period: 2022 · Captured: 2026-10-14T21:02:12.393ZExcluded: 0 / 3 · None

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Italy

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Italy

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

88 days (~2.9 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

45 days (~1.5 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. National hospital discharge database; cataract ambulatory procedures without hospital admission are undercounted. National procedure-code deviations apply. Provisional published value. Published definition differs from standard.

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. National hospital discharge database; cataract ambulatory procedures without hospital admission are undercounted. National procedure-code deviations apply. Provisional published value. Published definition differs from standard.

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Malaysia

Melaka · Published data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

Hospital published self-pay package price

$6,123.75 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (25,000 MYR)Hospital published self-pay package pricePublished hospital package (L2)Mahkota Orthopaedics & Joint Centre — Melaka — Total Knee Replacement; routine primary; regular prosthesis; 3 days/2 nights · Schedule: 2026-10-15 · MelakaSource: Mahkota Orthopaedics & Joint Centre — Melaka

Price confirmed in writing by the clinic

$7,077.85 USD (single published tariff, n=1) (28,888 MYR)Price confirmed in writing by the clinicClinic-confirmed price (L3)Prince Court Medical Centre — Full-episode scope unconfirmed — see what is included and excluded · Schedule: 2026-10-18Source: Prince Court Medical Centre — written reply to CareFare, 2026-10-18 (PCMC_TKR_2026.pdf p. 1)

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Malaysia

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

published_package · Mahkota Orthopaedics & Joint Centre — Melaka: Total Knee Replacement; routine primary; regular prosthesis; 3 days/2 nights · source period 2026-10-15 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 25,000 · p25 25,000 · median 25,000 · p75 25,000 · max 25,000 MYR · n=1

USD: min 6,123.75 · p25 6,123.75 · median 6,123.75 · p75 6,123.75 · max 6,123.75 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-15 · 1 MYR = 0.24495 USDSource period: 2026-10-15 · Captured: 2026-10-15T14:35:22.240ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Own treating orthopaedic centre at private Mahkota Medical Center. Primary routine replacement only; revision/partial procedures excluded from extraction. All thirteen financial inclusions retained literally. Severe/complex cases and extra implants may incur the quoted separate extra amount; no extras added to price. Two identical desktop/mobile copies emit once. RM is original Malaysian ringgit. Package has no effective tariff date or expiry printed; capture date is not provider reconfirmation. English copyright footer says 2020 while Indonesian home says 2026; no freshness guarantee inferred. published price facts; provider copyright applies. no all-inclusive or standardized episode equivalence is claimed. The source prints “3 days/2 nights hospital stay **” but provides no text explaining the double-asterisk footnote; no additional stay condition is inferred.

Clinic-confirmed price (L3) · component · source period 2026-10-18 · Episode equivalence: unverified

Original: min 28,888 · p25 28,888 · median 28,888 · p75 28,888 · max 28,888 MYR · n=1

USD: min 7,077.85 · p25 7,077.85 · median 7,077.85 · p75 7,077.85 · max 7,077.85 USD · n=1

USD missing: 0 observationsECB/Frankfurter · 2026-10-16 · 1 MYR = 0.24501 USDSource period: 2026-10-18 · Captured: 2026-10-18T23:59:06.689ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · NoneProvider website: https://princecourt.com/

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Norway

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for Norway

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

236.6 days (~7.8 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2023.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. Measured from GP referral, not from the specialist decisionPeriod: 2023Historical data (2023) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

218 days (~7.2 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2023 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=D: definition differs. Measured from GP referral, not from the specialist decisionPeriod: 2023Historical data (2023) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2023 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2023 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Norwegian Patient Register. Wait starts when GP referral is received, earlier than specialist assessment; therefore OECD flags a definition difference. Latest available series here is 2023. Published definition differs from standard.

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2023 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2023 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. Norwegian Patient Register. Wait starts when GP referral is received, earlier than specialist assessment; therefore OECD flags a definition difference. Latest available series here is 2023. Published definition differs from standard.

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New Zealand

Official data

OFFICIAL PRICE BENCHMARK / PUBLISHED PRICE

— Not yet in our official snapshot for New Zealand

PUBLIC HOSPITAL WAITING TIME

181.9 days (~6.0 months)Average time spent on the public waiting list so far (patients currently waiting)National average time that patients still waiting for surgery had spent on the public list as of 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

234.8 days (~7.7 months)Average wait at public hospitals (completed patients)National average wait from referral/decision to treatment for patients who completed surgery in 2024.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

217 days (~7.1 months)Typical (median) wait at public hospitals (completed patients)Half of patients treated at public hospitals in 2024 waited less than this, and half waited longer.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

154 days (~5.1 months)Typical (median) time on the public waiting list (patients currently waiting)Half of patients still on the public waiting list as of 2024 had been waiting less than this.Broader procedure group; not isolated to this exact procedure. status=P: provisional valuePeriod: 2024Historical data (2024) — not current waitSource: OECD Health Statistics (Waiting Times)

Scope notes, billing codes & exact distribution

mean; waiting patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. NBRS national procedure-category selection, published estimates. 2024 provisional; yearly completed cohort and December waiting-list census. Historical revision in 2025 edition; published values copied without estimation. Provisional published value.

mean; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. NBRS national procedure-category selection, published estimates. 2024 provisional; yearly completed cohort and December waiting-list census. Historical revision in 2025 edition; published values copied without estimation. Provisional published value.

median; completed patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Completed elective treatment: specialist assessment/list entry to admission, subject to national deviations. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. NBRS national procedure-category selection, published estimates. 2024 provisional; yearly completed cohort and December waiting-list census. Historical revision in 2025 edition; published values copied without estimation. Provisional published value.

median; waiting patients · Knee replacement (including the revision of knee replacement) · source period 2024 · Episode equivalence: unverified

unavailable · n=1 observations

Source period: 2024 · Captured: 2026-10-15T00:05:44.195ZExcluded: 0 / 1 · None

Historical official OECD statistical republication; newest available year separately for each country/procedure/statistic/population, not a current appointment estimate. Patients still on elective list at national census date; not completed-treatment duration. Procedure-group proxy: hip includes partial and revision replacements, knee includes revisions, cataract has no verified one-eye restriction, and PTCA does not establish stent use. NBRS national procedure-category selection, published estimates. 2024 provisional; yearly completed cohort and December waiting-list census. Historical revision in 2025 edition; published values copied without estimation. Provisional published value.

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