Surgery and procedures CPT 44960 Illinois Outpatient

Appendectomy, ruptured appendix cost in Illinois

In Illinois, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis: from $900.23 to $12,699.82, with a median of $4,049.10. The lowest price is at Humboldt Park Health (Chicago). The highest price is 14.1× the lowest.

The median here, $4,049.10, is 37% above the US median of $2,953.20.
Illinois ranks 6th of 12 states by median, cheapest first.
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 44960. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 26, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$900.23Humboldt Park Health

Median$4,049.10half of hospitals charge less

Highest$12,699.82in Illinois

Lowest saves$3,148.87vs the median

Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Humboldt Park Health lowest Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$900.23	$3,215.10	Sep 29, 2026 source file
FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$2,817.60	$3,522.00	Jan 22, 2026 source file
Hammond Henry Dist Hospital Geneseo · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$4,049.10	$4,499.00	Jan 22, 2026 source file
Fairfield Memorial Hospital Fairfield · Fairfield, IL APPENDECTOMY	$10,638.40	$13,298.00	Mar 24, 2026 source file
Jackson Park Hospital Foundation Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN APPENDECTOMY FOR RUPT APPENDIX W/ABCESS	$12,699.82	$15,874.78	Dec 26, 2025 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
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	2	$900.23	$6,800.02
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	1	$4,049.10	$4,049.10
Fairfield, IL	1	$10,638.40	$10,638.40
Freeport, IL	1	$2,817.60	$2,817.60

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 appendectomy, ruptured appendix is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Appendectomy, ruptured appendix explained.

Appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis in other states

Alabama$1,074.00, 1 hospital
Arkansas$1,967.50, 4 hospitals
California$3,763.46, 3 hospitals
Colorado$13,654.83
Connecticut$5,040.00, 1 hospital
Delaware$6,442.00, 1 hospital
Florida$23,944.12, 1 hospital
Georgia$3,100.00, 3 hospitals
Idaho$4,000.00
Indiana$1,574.52, 2 hospitals
Iowa$5,148.64, 2 hospitals
Kansas$4,858.20
Louisiana$5,955.28
Maine$2,284.38, 1 hospital
Maryland$2,264.00, 1 hospital
Massachusetts$13,376.48, 1 hospital
Michigan$1,243.77
Minnesota$2,088.88
Mississippi$2,172.50, 4 hospitals
Missouri$1,474.80, 3 hospitals
Montana$2,050.63, 4 hospitals
Nebraska$6,787.20, 1 hospital
New Hampshire$1,047.20, 1 hospital
New Jersey$5,339.00
New Mexico$18,118.16, 2 hospitals
New York$4,321.00
North Dakota$9,703.27, 3 hospitals
Ohio$1,779.24, 3 hospitals
Oregon$2,221.90, 3 hospitals
Pennsylvania$2,416.61
Puerto Rico$1,359.03, 1 hospital
South Carolina$955.00, 1 hospital
South Dakota$3,659.23, 1 hospital
Tennessee$949.65, 1 hospital
Texas$3,132.97
Utah$1,496.33, 1 hospital
Vermont$1,175.44, 2 hospitals
Washington$1,768.00, 3 hospitals
West Virginia$1,442.81, 4 hospitals
Wisconsin$4,862.31

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.