CPT 44950 · 1,102 hospitals reporting

Appendectomy

The same procedure costs $149 at one hospital and $43,734 at another — a 295× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,041.

Cheapest published

$149

3 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,102 hospitals

$2,041

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$43,734

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

262 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,587	$2,070	—	—	1 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,236	$2,013	$869	$2,236	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,085	$2,085	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,830	$2,095	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$7,184	$1,983	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$7,184	$1,983	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,282	$2,113	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,282	$2,113	—	—	1 insurers
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,125	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	1 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$1,900	$1,900	—	—	1 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,784	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$2,091	$1,777	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$2,091	$1,777	—	—	5 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$1,770	$1,770	—	—	1 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$1,770	$1,770	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,524	$1,767	$1,893	$7,086	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,524	$1,767	$1,893	$8,105	4 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,762	$1,762	—	—	0 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$2,505	$1,754	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$1,930	$1,737	—	—	0 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,930	$1,737	—	—	0 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,480	$1,736	—	—	4 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,929	$1,698	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$2,118	$1,694	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,688	$1,688	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,102	$1,682	$609	$6,950	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,102	$1,682	$609	$6,950	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,468	$2,468	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,468	$2,468	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,578	$1,578	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,578	$1,578	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,971	$1,577	—	—	4 insurers