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
Laparoscopy, surgical, appendectomy
Dallas, TX
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Med City Heart Hospital’s median price of $9.6k is 56% above the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 84% 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, 28 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $2,369 | $2,369 | $2,369 – $2,369 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan mcdstar case rate · outpatient | $2,369 | $2,369 | $2,369 – $2,369 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan starhealth case rate · outpatient | $2,369 | $2,369 | $2,369 – $2,369 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $2,369 | $2,369 | $2,369 – $2,369 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $2,369 | $2,369 | $2,369 – $2,369 |
| 6 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $4,845 | $4,845 | $4,845 – $4,845 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluepremier fee schedule · outpatient | $6,284 | $6,284 | $6,284 – $6,284 |
| 8 | Aetna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $6,639 | $6,639 | $6,639 – $6,639 |
| 9 | Aetna comm case rate · outpatient | $7,094 | $7,094 | $7,094 – $7,094 |
| 10 | Aetna meritain case rate · outpatient | $7,094 | $7,094 | $7,094 – $7,094 |
| 11 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $8,024 | $8,024 | $8,024 – $8,024 |
| 12 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $8,189 | $8,189 | $8,189 – $8,189 |
| 13 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $8,345 | $8,345 | $8,345 – $8,345 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $9,571 | $9,571 | $9,571 – $9,571 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $9,571 | $9,571 | $9,571 – $9,571 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $10,876 | $10,876 | $10,876 – $10,876 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $10,876 | $10,876 | $10,876 – $10,876 |
| 18 | Cigna localplus case rate · outpatient | $11,071 | $11,071 | $11,071 – $11,071 |
| 19 | Cigna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $11,082 | $11,082 | $11,082 – $11,082 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $11,408 | $11,408 | $11,408 – $11,408 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $11,939 | $11,939 | $11,939 – $11,939 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $12,210 | $12,210 | $12,210 – $12,210 |
| 23 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $12,370 | $12,370 | $12,370 – $12,370 |
| 24 | Cigna networkbenefit case rate · outpatient | $12,370 | $12,370 | $12,370 – $12,370 |
| 25 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $12,370 | $12,370 | $12,370 – $12,370 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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