Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Appendectomy
Low
$166
Average
$7.3k
Median
$2.1k
High
$163.2k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $24.5k | $23.4k | $12.6k | 54% | 33–330 | $4.2k – $38.3k |
| 2 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $10.3k | $9.9k | $649 | 7% | 3–30 | $9.0k – $10.3k |
| 3 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Hackensack, NJ | $8.1k | $7.1k | $2.3k | 32% | 2–20 | $1.7k – $9.3k |
| 4 | St. John Medical Center Longview, WA | $20.1k | $20.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $20.1k – $20.1k |
| 5 | Community Hospital Of San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 6 | Hmh Hospitals Corporation Neptune City, NJ | $8.1k | $7.4k | $2.3k | 32% | 1–10 | $1.6k – $9.5k |
| 7 | St Anthonys Memorial Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Mattoon, IL | $5.4k | $5.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.4k – $5.4k |
| 8 | Clallam County Public Hospital District 2 DBA Olympic Medical Center Port Angeles, WA | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 9 | Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton Carrollton, GA | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 10 | Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center Lincoln, NE | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.6k – $5.6k |
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