Appendectomy, ruptured appendix cost in Texas
In Texas, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for appendectomy for a ruptured appendix with abscess or peritonitis: from $482.00 to $8,892.00, with a median of $3,132.97. The lowest price is at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital (Nacogdoches). The highest price is 18.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $3,132.97, is 6% above the US median of $2,953.20.
- Texas ranks 4th of 12 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 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 Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$482.00Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
Median$3,132.97half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,892.00in Texas
Lowest saves$2,650.97vs the median
Hospitals in Texas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital lowest Nacogdoches · Nacogdoches, TX Appendectomy | $482.00 | $1,607.00 | — source file |
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center Austin · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX APPENDECTOMY | $967.25 | $5,159.22 | Sep 2, 2024 source file |
| Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club Trophy Club · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX APPENDECTOMY FOR RUPTURED APPENDIX 44960 | $2,017.80 | $3,363.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital Seminole Seminole · Seminole, TX APPENDECTOMY FOR RUPTURED APPENDIX | $2,604.60 | $4,341.00 | Nov 6, 2026 source file |
| Medina Regional Hospital Hondo · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX APPENDECTOMY RUPTURE | $2,948.94 | $3,276.60 | Jul 29, 2026 source file |
| Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County Ho Andrews · Andrews, TX APPENDECTOMY FOR RUPTURE | $3,317.00 | $6,634.00 | Dec 3, 2025 source file |
| Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale Sunnyvale · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX APPENDECTOMY FOR RUPTURED APPENDIX 44960 | $3,342.00 | $5,570.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital Dumas · Dumas, TX APPENDECTOMY W/RUPTURE | $3,421.60 | $4,277.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Comanche County Medical Center Comanche · Comanche, TX Removal of ruptured infected appendix | $7,745.40 | $11,916.00 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Glen Rose Medical Center Glen Rose · Glen Rose, TX Appy;rupt Appendix W/absc | $8,892.00 | $8,892.00 | — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 2 | $2,017.80 | $2,679.90 |
| Andrews, TX | 1 | $3,317.00 | $3,317.00 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 1 | $967.25 | $967.25 |
| Comanche, TX | 1 | $7,745.40 | $7,745.40 |
| Dumas, TX | 1 | $3,421.60 | $3,421.60 |
| Glen Rose, TX | 1 | $8,892.00 | $8,892.00 |
| Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $482.00 | $482.00 |
| Seminole, TX | 1 | $2,604.60 | $2,604.60 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1 | $2,948.94 | $2,948.94 |
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
- 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
- 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.