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
Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Low
$64
Average
$5.3k
Median
$5.5k
High
$18.6k
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Showing only prices reported under the per diem methodology. Choose another in the filter above to change the chart. 122 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 31.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $425 | $425 | — | — | 61 | $425 – $8.8k |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Vista, AR | $5.8k | $5.7k | $1.5k | 27% | 51–69 | $3.7k – $7.5k |
| 3 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $3.9k | $3.9k | $914 | 23% | 33–60 | $2.6k – $5.2k |
| 4 | Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 33–105 | $25 – $44.6k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $5.2k | $5.2k | $1.6k | 31% | 21–30 | $3.6k – $6.8k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $5.2k | $5.2k | $1.6k | 31% | 21–30 | $3.6k – $6.8k |
| 7 | Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL | $700 | $700 | — | — | 20 | $700 – $7.8k |
| 8 | Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp MEMPHIS, TN | $5.7k | $5.6k | $283 | 5% | 6–60 | $5.1k – $5.9k |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $5.6k | $5.1k | $2.6k | 51% | 3–30 | $1.7k – $8.0k |
| 10 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $5.6k | $5.1k | $2.6k | 51% | 3–30 | $1.7k – $8.0k |
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