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Procedure price report · Appendectomy

Removal of the appendix during another abdominal surgery

CPT 44955the billing code this page is about

Taking out the appendix for a medical reason while another abdominal operation is being performed; reported in addition to the main procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $285 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 580 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $472. Most fall between $133 and $2,377 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
580
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 580 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$90$148$285$1,046$4,881

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 55× what the cheapest tenth charges ($90 vs $4,881).

How the prices are spread

$54 – $86: 24 hospitals$54$86 – $139: 73 hospitals$139 – $224: 130 hospitals$139$224 – $362: 61 hospitals$362 – $584: 49 hospitals$362$584 – $942: 55 hospitals$942 – $1,519: 31 hospitals$942$1,519 – $2,450: 13 hospitals$2,450 – $3,951: 37 hospitals$2,450$3,951 – $6,373: 52 hospitals$3,951median $285price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (525 of 580 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$54$8624
$86$13973
$139$224130
$224$36261
$362$58449
$584$94255
$942$1,51931
$1,519$2,45013
$2,450$3,95137
$3,951$6,37352

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $285.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $349 across 23 hospitalsWA$349Idaho: median $5,071 across 10 hospitalsID$5,071Montana: median $160 across 11 hospitalsMT$160North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $444 across 29 hospitalsMN$444Illinois: median $285 across 23 hospitalsIL$285Wisconsin: median $701 across 34 hospitalsWI$701Michigan: median $713 across 33 hospitalsMI$713New York: median $205 across 26 hospitalsNY$205Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $206 across 23 hospitalsOR$206Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $206 across 38 hospitalsIA$206Indiana: median $125 across 14 hospitalsIN$125Ohio: median $149 across 18 hospitalsOH$149Pennsylvania: median $63 across 19 hospitalsPA$63New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,872 across 46 hospitalsCA$4,872Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $193 across 14 hospitalsNE$193Missouri: median $138 across 12 hospitalsMO$138Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $112 across 14 hospitalsWV$112Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $181 across 13 hospitalsKS$181Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $176 across 13 hospitalsOK$176Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,627 across 23 hospitalsTX$2,627Florida: median $398 across 10 hospitalsFL$398
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $285. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+1694%$3,986 – $6,311
Idaho ID10$5,071+1681%$28 – $8,019
California CA46$4,872+1611%$357 – $6,373
Texas TX23$2,627+823%$1,655 – $2,890
Michigan MI33$713+150%$114 – $1,046
Wisconsin WI34$701+146%$517 – $2,578
Minnesota MN29$444+56%$160 – $1,031
Florida FL10$398+40%$140 – $12,257
Washington WA23$349+22%$160 – $2,142
Illinois IL23$2850%$125 – $986
Iowa IA38$206−28%$178 – $324
Oregon OR23$206−28%$151 – $236
New York NY26$205−28%$99 – $646
Nebraska NE14$193−32%$182 – $459
Kansas KS13$181−37%$104 – $525
Oklahoma OK13$176−38%$176 – $258
Montana MT11$160−44%$100 – $249
Ohio OH18$149−48%$106 – $344
Missouri MO12$138−52%$133 – $3,287
Indiana IN14$125−56%$89 – $400
West Virginia WV14$112−61%$90 – $241
Pennsylvania PA19$63−78%$51 – $529
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $285.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care369$326$125 – $3,559
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access201$258$142 – $817
Ownership
For-profit33$713$147 – $5,071
Government122$258$155 – $1,147
Non-profit424$279$125 – $2,578
System affiliation
Part of a system427$365$126 – $2,627
Independent153$221$136 – $789

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$356
Median cash price$285
Cash as a share of list, median hospital67%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 33%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

349 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $206 and the average of the middle 60% is $416; most fall between $125 and $2,377.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 349 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$81$140$206$901$5,071

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 63× what the cheapest tenth charges ($81 vs $5,071).

Of the 392 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 349 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 23 a list price only.

How complete is this

580 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 676 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted580
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code676

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Appendectomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Appendec Indicated Purpose Oth Major Px Not Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of the appendix during another abdominal surgery (CPT 44955) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44955-removal-of-the-appendix-during-another-abdominal-surgery