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Keyhole Removal of the Appendix

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 44970

Removes the appendix through a few small cuts in the abdominal wall using a camera on a thin tube and long instruments, most often because of appendicitis. The appendix is freed, its blood supply and base are sealed, and it is drawn out through one of the small openings. Most people go home within a day or two.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Keyhole Removal of the Appendix cost?

$8,245

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 60 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$617 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,981 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $17,783Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $537 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $832

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
$1,584.89
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,054.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$17,782.79

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.1 times more in South Carolina than in Oregon. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

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SC $13,959OR $2,716

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.