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Surgery and procedures CPT 44950 Oregon Outpatient

Open appendectomy cost in Oregon

In Oregon, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy, open surgery: from $1,395.20 to $29,373.50, with a median of $15,044.24. The lowest price is at Columbia Memorial Hospital (Astoria). The highest price is 21.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $15,044.24, is 160% above the US median of $5,787.15.
  • Oregon ranks 23rd of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Oregon law (ORS 442.614) requires nonprofit hospitals to cut what patients owe for medically necessary care by 100% for household income up to 200% of the federal poverty level, and by at least 75%, 50% or 25% up to 400%. Ask the hospital for its financial assistance application. 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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,395.20Columbia Memorial Hospital
Median$15,044.24half of hospitals charge less
Highest$29,373.50in Oregon
Lowest saves$13,649.04vs the median

Hospitals in Oregon, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Columbia Memorial Hospital lowest Astoria · Astoria, OR Appendectomy Charge $1,395.20 $1,744.00 Jan 5, 2026
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Lake Health District Lakeview · Lakeview, OR Removal of appendix $7,541.20 $8,872.00 Jun 19, 2026
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St. Charles Bend Bend · Bend, OR Removal of appendix $15,044.24 $18,805.30 Apr 1, 2026
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St. Charles Madras Madras · Bend, OR Removal of appendix $15,044.24 $18,805.30 Apr 1, 2026
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St. Charles Prineville Prineville · Bend, OR Removal of appendix $15,044.24 $18,805.30 Apr 1, 2026
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St. Charles Redmond Redmond · Bend, OR Removal of appendix $15,044.24 $18,805.30 Apr 1, 2026
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Sacred Heart-Riverbend Springfield · Eugene-Springfield, OR REMOVAL OF APPENDIX $29,373.50 $45,190.00 Mar 20, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Bend, OR 4 $15,044.24 $15,044.24
Astoria, OR 1 $1,395.20 $1,395.20
Eugene-Springfield, OR 1 $29,373.50 $29,373.50
Lakeview, OR 1 $7,541.20 $7,541.20
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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.