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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PR LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; APPENDECTOMY
Minneapolis, MN
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Fairview Health Services’s median price of $1.4k is 77% below the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 18% 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: 12 payers, 59 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 | Ucare government transplant fee schedule · both | $402.99 | $402.99 | $402.99 – $402.99 |
| 2 | Ucare pmap fee schedule · both | $402.99 | $402.99 | $402.99 – $402.99 |
| 3 | Medica managed medicaid/accessability fee schedule · both | $421.44 | $421.44 | $421.44 – $421.44 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · both | $450.94 | $450.94 | $450.94 – $450.94 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $535.88 | $535.88 | $535.88 – $535.88 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $535.88 | $535.88 | $535.88 – $535.88 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $535.88 | $535.88 | $535.88 – $535.88 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $557.32 | $557.32 | $557.32 – $557.32 |
| 9 | Medica medicare advantage non-snp fee schedule · both | $575.97 | $575.97 | $575.97 – $575.97 |
| 10 | Optum medicaid transplant fee schedule · both | $578.75 | $578.75 | $578.75 – $578.75 |
| 11 | Optum medicare transplant fee schedule · both | $578.75 | $578.75 | $578.75 – $578.75 |
| 12 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both | $578.75 | $578.75 | $578.75 – $578.75 |
| 13 | Medica msho/medicare advantage snp fee schedule · both | $586.84 | $586.84 | $586.84 – $586.84 |
| 14 | Cigna lifesource transplant percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,301 | $817.02 | $88.48 – $1,303 |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,368 | $859.33 | $93.06 – $1,371 |
| 16 | Humana transplant percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,510 | $948.33 | $102.70 – $1,513 |
| 17 | Optum commercial transplant percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,510 | $948.33 | $102.70 – $1,513 |
| 18 | Aetna transplant percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,580 | $992.09 | $107.44 – $1,582 |
| 19 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,905 | $1,196 | $129.56 – $1,908 |
| 20 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,974 | $1,240 | $134.30 – $1,978 |
| 21 | Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both | $1,414 | $1,414 | $1,414 – $1,414 |
| 22 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · outpatient | $1,431 | $1,431 | $1,431 – $1,431 |
| 23 | Ucare commercial transplant fee schedule · both | $1,490 | $1,490 | $1,490 – $1,490 |
| 24 | Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both | $1,490 | $1,490 | $1,490 – $1,490 |
| 25 | Medica bold fee schedule · both | $1,687 | $1,687 | $1,687 – $1,687 |
Last updated: Feb 6, 2026
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