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Appendix Removal During Another Operation

Georgia rates for HCPCS 44955

Removal of the appendix carried out during another operation when there is a medical reason to remove it. It is charged in addition to the primary operation, which is charged separately, and is never performed as a standalone service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Appendix Removal During Another Operation cost?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $5,370.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $138 to $7,413Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $78 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 70.8 times more in Oklahoma than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Georgia· 8th of 50

$4,467

OK $6,026WV $85.11

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.