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
$10
Average
$6.1k
Median
$6.1k
High
$33.1k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon Health & Science University PORTLAND, OR | $6.2k | $8.1k | $4.5k | 56% | 820–1,315 | $3.2k – $18.4k |
| 2 | Baton Rouge General Medical Center BATON ROUGE, LA | $5.4k | $7.6k | $2.7k | 35% | 260–350 | $4.1k – $11.6k |
| 3 | Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp MEMPHIS, TN | $4.4k | $10.6k | $8.5k | 81% | 240–456 | $363 – $24.5k |
| 4 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Boise, ID | $14.8k | $13.3k | $3.5k | 26% | 216–261 | $6.5k – $17.5k |
| 5 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX | $326 | $2.5k | $4.2k | 166% | 161–206 | $276 – $15.8k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Vista, AR | $3.5k | $3.1k | $2.7k | 86% | 123 | $363 – $9.9k |
| 7 | Hh Health System Dekalb Regional Payne, AL | $7.3k | $7.6k | $2.4k | 31% | 111–192 | $2.2k – $10.7k |
| 8 | Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA | $412 | $565 | $307 | 54% | 86–167 | $305 – $1.3k |
| 9 | Hospital Authority of Colquitt County Moultrie, GA | $2.8k | $3.5k | $1.7k | 49% | 86–104 | $473 – $8.6k |
| 10 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI | $307 | $567 | $1.1k | 196% | 84–219 | $192 – $9.4k |
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