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, surgical, appendectomy
Kansas City, MO
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Belton Regional Medical Center’s median price of $4.3k is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 28% 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: 7 payers, 17 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred-careblue(ppo) case rate · outpatient | $263.00 | $263.00 | $263.00 – $263.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare ksmgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,869 | $1,869 | $1,869 – $1,869 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health mcd fee schedule · outpatient | $1,944 | $1,944 | $1,944 – $1,944 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare momgmcd fee schedule · outpatient | $2,523 | $2,523 | $2,523 – $2,523 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue-care(hmo) case rate · outpatient | $4,349 | $4,349 | $4,349 – $4,349 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueaccess case rate · outpatient | $4,349 | $4,349 | $4,349 – $4,349 |
| 7 | MultiPlan wcompmissouri fee schedule · outpatient | $7,181 | $7,181 | $7,181 – $7,181 |
| 8 | Aetna ivlhix case rate · outpatient | $7,738 | $7,738 | $7,738 – $7,738 |
| 9 | MultiPlan wcompkansas fee schedule · outpatient | $8,752 | $8,752 | $8,752 – $8,752 |
| 10 | Aetna kccareplus case rate · outpatient | $8,905 | $8,905 | $8,905 – $8,905 |
| 11 | Ambetter commercial-exchange case rate · outpatient | $9,492 | $9,492 | $9,492 – $9,492 |
| 12 | Cigna surefit/localplus case rate · outpatient | $11,854 | $11,854 | $11,854 – $11,854 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $11,870 | $11,870 | $11,870 – $11,870 |
| 14 | Aetna local case rate · outpatient | $12,292 | $12,292 | $12,292 – $12,292 |
| 15 | Cigna localkc case rate · outpatient | $14,138 | $14,138 | $14,138 – $14,138 |
| 16 | Aetna national case rate · outpatient | $14,670 | $14,670 | $14,670 – $14,670 |
| 17 | Cigna comm case rate · outpatient | $17,672 | $17,672 | $17,672 – $17,672 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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