Open appendectomy cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 31 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy, open surgery: from $3,786.00 to $21,811.50, with a median of $6,906.53. The lowest price is at Community Medical Center (Toms River). The highest price is 5.8× the lowest.

• The median here, $6,906.53, is 19% above the US median of $5,787.15.
• New Jersey ranks 18th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
• 1 of 31 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

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 Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map