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 Without Complicated Principal Diagnosis Without CC/MCC
Low
$500
Average
$4.4k
Median
$3.8k
High
$16.6k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Coast Medical and Surgical Center, Inc. Port St. Lucie, FL | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $1 – $22.4k |
| 2 | Amisub of South Carolina, Inc. Fort Mill, SC | $6.8k | $6.8k | — | — | — | $6.8k – $32.0k |
| 3 | Northwest Medical Foundation Of Tillamook Tillamook, OR | $11.7k | $16.6k | $10.0k | 60% | — | $6.2k – $38.0k |
| 4 | Dignity Community Care Northridge, CA | $950 | $950 | — | — | — | $950 – $14.7k |
| 5 | Dignity Community Care Woodland, CA | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $24.6k |
| 6 | Dignity Community Care San Luis Obispo, CA | $500 | $500 | — | — | — | $500 – $10.8k |
| 7 | Port City Operating Company, Llc Stockton, CA | $958 | $958 | — | — | — | $958 – $18.5k |
| 8 | Dignity Health Folsom, CA | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $17.0k |
| 9 | Dignity Health Long Beach, CA | $950 | $950 | — | — | — | $950 – $13.8k |
| 10 | Dignity Health Santa Maria, CA | $500 | $500 | — | — | — | $500 – $20.3k |
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