Open appendectomy cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 3 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy, open surgery: from $878.80 to $4,100.00, with a median of $891.75. The lowest price is at Monroe County Hospital (Monroeville). The highest price is 4.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $891.75, is 85% below the US median of $5,787.15.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 44950. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$878.80Monroe County Hospital
Median$891.75half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,100.00in Alabama
Lowest saves$12.95vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County Hospital lowest Monroeville · Monroeville, AL APPENDECTOMY | $878.80 | $2,197.00 | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Appendectomy | $891.75 | $1,189.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Troy Regional Medical Center Troy · Troy, AL APPENDECTOMY | $4,100.00 | $6,500.00 | Dec 31, 2024 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 1 | $891.75 | $891.75 |
| Monroeville, AL | 1 | $878.80 | $878.80 |
| Troy, AL | 1 | $4,100.00 | $4,100.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What open appendectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Open appendectomy explained.
Appendectomy, open surgery in other states
- Alaska$17,107.38, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$7,944.32, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$4,914.00
- California$9,585.70
- Colorado$7,034.23
- Florida$6,652.30, 4 hospitals
- Georgia$3,570.80, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$3,741.13
- Illinois$4,563.73
- Indiana$6,815.00
- Iowa$2,158.00, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$1,230.73
- Louisiana$1,793.76
- Maine$1,694.14, 1 hospital
- Maryland$1,662.00, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$43,624.42, 2 hospitals
- Michigan$5,366.38
- Minnesota$1,535.81
- Mississippi$1,824.25, 4 hospitals
- Missouri$1,785.00
- Montana$1,510.16, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$6,537.88, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$7,240.80, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$770.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$6,906.53
- New Mexico$13,688.73, 3 hospitals
- New York$7,383.87
- North Carolina$14,913.97, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$4,762.27, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$1,305.58
- Oklahoma$6,661.34, 4 hospitals
- Oregon$15,044.24
- Pennsylvania$11,757.76
- Puerto Rico$2,500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$7,243.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$774.00, 1 hospital
- South Dakota$5,359.12, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$2,236.80, 3 hospitals
- Texas$5,734.54
- Utah$4,299.66, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$1,017.75, 1 hospital
- Virginia$9,864.00, 3 hospitals
- Washington$7,584.85
- West Virginia$3,139.03
- Wisconsin$2,439.70
- Wyoming$4,565.13, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.