Surgery and procedures CPT 44960 Minnesota Outpatient

Appendectomy, ruptured appendix cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis: from $366.35 to $5,172.28, with a median of $2,088.88. The lowest price is at Madison Hospital (Madison). The highest price is 14.1× the lowest.

The median here, $2,088.88, is 29% below the US median of $2,953.20.
Minnesota ranks 2nd of 12 states by median, cheapest first.
Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. 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 25, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$366.35Madison Hospital

Median$2,088.88half of hospitals charge less

Highest$5,172.28in Minnesota

Lowest saves$1,722.53vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Madison Hospital lowest Madison · Madison, MN APPENDECTOMY; FOR RUPTURED APPENDX W/ABSCESS OR GENERALIZED PERITONITIS	$366.35	$431.00	Jun 23, 2026 source file
Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI GS APPENDECTOMY, RUPTURED	$1,303.68	$2,037.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Stevens Community Medical Center Morris · Morris, MN Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$1,505.25	$2,007.00	Jun 26, 2026 source file
Perham Health Perham · Fergus Falls, MN Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$1,861.60	$2,864.00	Feb 1, 2026 source file
Lifecare Medical Center Roseau · Roseau, MN Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$2,316.16	$2,632.00	Aug 5, 2026 source file
Rainy Lake Medical Center International Falls · International Falls, MN APPENDECTOMY RUPTURED APPENDIX WABSCESS GENERALIZED PERITONITIS	$3,001.00	$3,897.39	May 6, 2026 source file
Glacial Ridge Hospital Glenwood · Glenwood, MN Removal of ruptured infected appendix	$4,077.53	$4,854.20	Oct 21, 2026 source file
Bigfork Valley Hospital Bigfork · Grand Rapids, MN APPENDECTOMY RUPTURED APDX	$5,172.28	$7,284.90	Sep 15, 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
Duluth, MN-WI	1	$1,303.68	$1,303.68
Fergus Falls, MN	1	$1,861.60	$1,861.60
Glenwood, MN	1	$4,077.53	$4,077.53
Grand Rapids, MN	1	$5,172.28	$5,172.28
International Falls, MN	1	$3,001.00	$3,001.00
Madison, MN	1	$366.35	$366.35
Morris, MN	1	$1,505.25	$1,505.25
Roseau, MN	1	$2,316.16	$2,316.16

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
Michigan$1,243.77
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.