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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Removal of appendix using an endoscope
Las Vegas, NV
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Valley Health Speciality Hospital’s median price of $3.2k is 47% below the median hospital's median price ($6.1k), higher than 25% 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: 6 payers, 11 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 | Anthem medicaid case rate · both | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 2 | Molina medicaid case rate · both | $1,637 | $1,637 | $1,637 – $1,637 |
| 3 | Cigna ppo case rate · both | $2,054 | $2,054 | $2,054 – $2,054 |
| 4 | Humana hmo case rate · both | $2,516 | $2,516 | $2,516 – $2,516 |
| 5 | Humana ppo case rate · both | $2,516 | $2,516 | $2,516 – $2,516 |
| 6 | Cigna hmo case rate · both | $2,929 | $2,929 | $2,929 – $2,929 |
| 7 | Anthem hmo case rate · both | $5,088 | $5,088 | $5,088 – $5,088 |
| 8 | Anthem qhp case rate · both | $5,088 | $5,088 | $5,088 – $5,088 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare managed_care case rate · both | $5,915 | $5,915 | $5,915 – $5,915 |
| 10 | Anthem ppo case rate · both | $6,151 | $6,151 | $6,151 – $6,151 |
| 11 | MultiPlan managed_care case rate · both | $26,822 | $26,822 | $26,822 – $26,822 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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