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
Unlisted Laparoscopy Procedure Appendix
Low
$6
Average
$10.0k
Median
$3.1k
High
$133.8k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL | $43.4k | $49.1k | $23.9k | 49% | 55–550 | $11.3k – $95.1k |
| 2 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL | $24.2k | $26.5k | $14.5k | 55% | 47–470 | $3.3k – $48.4k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL | $17.0k | $17.1k | $9.3k | 54% | 33–330 | $4.2k – $28.4k |
| 4 | Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest, IL | $44.5k | $39.0k | $21.2k | 54% | 21–210 | $11.6k – $69.9k |
| 5 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ | $5.8k | $6.4k | $1.4k | 23% | 20–83 | $5.1k – $9.1k |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN | $11.7k | $10.7k | $5.5k | 51% | 7–70 | $3.7k – $19.7k |
| 7 | South Miami Hospital SOUTH MIAMI, FL | $11.8k | $9.2k | $4.4k | 48% | 5–50 | $3.2k – $14.4k |
| 8 | MVHS, Inc. Utica, NY | $5.3k | $6.2k | $3.2k | 52% | 4–40 | $3.2k – $11.0k |
| 9 | Baptist Hospital Of Miami MIAMI, FL | $9.9k | $9.9k | $78 | 1% | 2–20 | $9.8k – $10.0k |
| 10 | Intermountain Front Range Inc. Dba Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital WHEAT RIDGE, CO | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | 2–20 | $2.5k – $2.5k |
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