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Surgery and procedures CPT 44970 Colorado Outpatient

Appendectomy cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for laparoscopic appendectomy (appendix removal through small cuts): from $1,490.25 to $10,392.72, with a median of $7,536.32. The lowest price is at Vail Health Hospital (Vail). The highest price is 7.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $7,536.32, is 3% below the US median of $7,737.00.
  • Colorado ranks 20th of 39 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 44970. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,490.25Vail Health Hospital
Median$7,536.32half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,392.72in Colorado
Lowest saves$6,046.07vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Vail Health Hospital lowest Vail · Edwards, CO 44970 LAP APPENDECTOMY $1,490.25 $1,987.00 Aug 5, 2026
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Gunnison Valley Hospital Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Removal of appendix using an endoscope $4,217.70 $4,962.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Grand River Medical Center Rifle · Rifle, CO REMOVAL OF APPENDIX USING AN ENDOSCOPE $4,917.00 $9,834.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Community Hospital Grand Junction · Grand Junction, CO REMOVAL OF APPENDIX USING AN ENDOSCOPE $6,918.24 $12,354.00 Mar 13, 2026
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Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Removal of appendix using an endoscope $8,154.40 $10,193.00 Nov 7, 2026
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Middle Park Health - Fraser Fraser · Fraser, CO HC CC LAP,APPENDECTOMY $10,392.72 $12,990.89 Apr 28, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center Kremmling · Kremmling, CO HC CC LAP,APPENDECTOMY $10,392.72 $12,990.89 Apr 27, 2026
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Middle Park Medical Center-Granby Granby · Granby, CO HC CC LAP,APPENDECTOMY $10,392.72 $12,990.89 Apr 27, 2026
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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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Edwards, CO 1 $1,490.25 $1,490.25
Fraser, CO 1 $10,392.72 $10,392.72
Granby, CO 1 $10,392.72 $10,392.72
Gunnison, CO 1 $4,217.70 $4,217.70
Grand Junction, CO 1 $6,918.24 $6,918.24
Holyoke, CO 1 $8,154.40 $8,154.40
Kremmling, CO 1 $10,392.72 $10,392.72
Rifle, CO 1 $4,917.00 $4,917.00
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 is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Appendectomy explained.

Laparoscopic appendectomy (appendix removal through small cuts) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.