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
AS LAPAROSCOPY, SURGICAL; APPENDECTOMY
Grand Rapids, MN
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Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital’s median price of $557 is 91% below the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 5% of the 2,120 hospitals reporting CPT 44970. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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