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
LAPAROSCOPY APPENDECTOMY
Low
$6
Average
$8.7k
Median
$7.5k
High
$63.4k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boca Raton Regional Hospital BOCA RATON, FL | $9.5k | $9.1k | $2.4k | 27% | 303–411 | $4.3k – $12.1k |
| 2 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ | $9.1k | $12.4k | $6.6k | 53% | 264–273 | $8.3k – $25.6k |
| 3 | St Vincent Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Green Bay, WI | $10.0k | $10.8k | $2.2k | 21% | 204–384 | $1.7k – $18.7k |
| 4 | Baptist Hospital Of Miami MIAMI, FL | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 174 | $173 – $23.2k |
| 5 | West Kendall Baptist Hospital MIAMI, FL | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 162 | $2.5k – $21.7k |
| 6 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $8.4k | $8.4k | $441 | 5% | 122 | $425 – $8.8k |
| 7 | St Elizabeths Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis O'Fallon, IL | $5.5k | $5.5k | $155 | 3% | 108–144 | $3.1k – $16.1k |
| 8 | South Miami Hospital SOUTH MIAMI, FL | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | 99–126 | $2.5k – $21.5k |
| 9 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL | $3.1k | $3.9k | $1.5k | 38% | 85–112 | $2.9k – $10.5k |
| 10 | St Marys Hospital Medical Center Of Green Bay Inc Hospital Sisters GREEN BAY, WI | $9.6k | $10.5k | $2.1k | 20% | 84–300 | $1.7k – $19.2k |
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