Appendectomy, ruptured appendix cost in Michigan
In Michigan, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis: from $882.00 to $2,537.00, with a median of $1,243.77. The lowest price is at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton (St. Johns) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 2.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,243.77, is 58% below the US median of $2,953.20.
- Michigan has the lowest median of 12 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$882.00University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton + 2 more
Median$1,243.77half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,537.00in Michigan
Lowest saves$361.77vs the median
Hospitals in Michigan, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton lowest St. Johns · Lansing-East Lansing, MI PR APPENDEC RPTD APPENDIX ABSC/PRITONITIS | $882.00 | $1,764.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton lowest Charlotte · Lansing-East Lansing, MI PR APPENDEC RPTD APPENDIX ABSC/PRITONITIS | $882.00 | $1,764.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia lowest Ionia · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI PR APPENDEC RPTD APPENDIX ABSC/PRITONITIS | $882.00 | $1,764.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI APPENDECTOMY | $1,243.77 | — | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI APPENDECTOMY | $1,243.77 | — | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Healthcare Owosso · Owosso, MI APPENDECTOMY-PhHOS | $1,342.40 | $1,678.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baraga County Memorial Hospital Lanse · Lanse, MI APPENDEDTOMY (RUPTURED) | $2,537.00 | $2,537.00 | Jun 23, 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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 2 | $1,243.77 | $1,243.77 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 2 | $882.00 | $882.00 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 1 | $882.00 | $882.00 |
| Lanse, MI | 1 | $2,537.00 | $2,537.00 |
| Owosso, MI | 1 | $1,342.40 | $1,342.40 |
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
- 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
- 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.