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.
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Laparoscopy appendectomy
Iron River, MI
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Aspirus Iron River Hospital’s median price of $748 is 88% below the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 11% of the 2,141 hospitals reporting CPT 44970. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 payers, 5 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Bcbs Mi blue care network medicare advantage plus blue ppo fee schedule · both | $237.27 | $237.27 | $237.27 – $237.27 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare va community care network fee schedule · both | $599.71 | $599.71 | $599.71 – $599.71 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mi blue cross blue shield of michigan ppo network fee schedule · both | $895.65 | $895.65 | $895.65 – $895.65 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial & aetna funding advantage plans fee schedule · both | $1,429 | $1,429 | $1,429 – $1,429 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare hmo/ppo/pos/epo networks fee schedule · both | $3,159 | $3,159 | $3,159 – $3,159 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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