Appendectomy, ruptured appendix cost in Kansas
In Kansas, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis: from $558.00 to $9,298.52, with a median of $4,858.20. The lowest price is at Satanta District Hospital, Clinics, & Ltcu (Satanta). The highest price is 16.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $4,858.20, is 65% above the US median of $2,953.20.
- Kansas ranks 8th of 12 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 44960. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 1, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$558.00Satanta District Hospital, Clinics, & Ltcu
Median$4,858.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,298.52in Kansas
Lowest saves$4,300.20vs the median
Hospitals in Kansas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satanta District Hospital, Clinics, & Ltcu lowest Satanta · Satanta, KS Removal of ruptured infected appendix | $558.00 | $620.00 | Aug 4, 2026 source file |
| McPherson Hospital McPherson · McPherson, KS Removal of ruptured infected appendix | $1,560.66 | $2,109.00 | Oct 26, 2026 source file |
| Morris County Hospital Council Grove · Council Grove, KS Removal of ruptured infected appendix | $4,858.20 | $8,097.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Phillips County Hospital Phillipsburg · Phillipsburg, KS Removal of ruptured infected appendix | $6,751.55 | $7,943.00 | Aug 4, 2026 source file |
| Hospital District #1 of Rice County Lyons · Lyons, KS APPENDECTOMY W ABCESS | $9,298.52 | $12,398.02 | Aug 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Council Grove, KS | 1 | $4,858.20 | $4,858.20 |
| Lyons, KS | 1 | $9,298.52 | $9,298.52 |
| McPherson, KS | 1 | $1,560.66 | $1,560.66 |
| Phillipsburg, KS | 1 | $6,751.55 | $6,751.55 |
| Satanta, KS | 1 | $558.00 | $558.00 |
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 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
- Illinois$4,049.10
- Indiana$1,574.52, 2 hospitals
- Iowa$5,148.64, 2 hospitals
- 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.