Open appendectomy cost in Florida
In Florida, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy, open surgery: from $6,652.30 to $16,641.63, with a median of $6,652.30. The lowest price is at Coral Gables Hospital (Coral Gables) and 3 other hospitals. The highest price is 2.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $6,652.30, is 15% above the US median of $5,787.15.
- Florida ranks 15th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
- 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$6,652.30Coral Gables Hospital + 3 more
Median$6,652.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$16,641.63in Florida
Lowest saves$0.00vs the median
Hospitals in Florida, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Gables Hospital lowest Coral Gables · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL APPENDECTOMY | $6,652.30 | — | Aug 31, 2026 source file |
| Hialeah Hospital lowest Hialeah · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL APPENDECTOMY | $6,652.30 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| North Shore Medical Center lowest Miami · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL APPENDECTOMY | $6,652.30 | — | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Palmetto General Hospital lowest Hialeah · Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL APPENDECTOMY | $6,652.30 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center Milton · Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL APPENDECTOMY | $16,641.63 | $110,944.18 | Apr 1, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 4 | $6,652.30 | $6,652.30 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 1 | $16,641.63 | $16,641.63 |
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
- Alabama$4,100.00
- Alaska$7,108.92, 1 hospital
- Arizona$7,944.32, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$4,914.00
- California$9,585.70
- Colorado$7,034.23
- 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$1,912.50
- 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$17,720.24, 1 hospital
- New York$7,383.87
- North Carolina$14,913.97, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$4,762.27, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$1,305.58
- Oklahoma$8,508.05, 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$6,801.63
- West Virginia$3,139.03
- Wisconsin$2,439.70
- Wyoming$4,565.13, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.