Appendectomy Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually because of appendicitis, an inflamed or ruptured appendix. The stay includes the operation, antibiotics, and recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $14,977Cash pay $5,991 - 2
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $45,351Cash pay $27,210 - 3
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $45,351Cash pay $27,210 - 4
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $45,351Cash pay $27,210 - 5
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $45,351Cash pay $27,210 - 6
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $45,351Cash pay $27,210 - 7
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $56,904Cash pay $45,523 - 8
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $57,248Cash pay $18,319 - 9
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $58,044Cash pay $34,826 - 10
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $58,044Cash pay $34,826 - 11
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $58,044Cash pay $34,826 - 12
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $58,069Cash pay $34,842 - 13
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $58,069Cash pay $34,842 - 14
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $65,325Cash pay $52,260 - 15
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $85,508Cash pay $51,305 - 16
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $98,358Cash pay $59,015 - 17
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $135,968Cash pay $88,379 - 18
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $135,968Cash pay $88,379 - 19
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 20
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 21
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 22
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 23
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 24
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 25
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 26
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 27
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 29
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 32
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 33
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 34
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 35
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 36
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 42
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 43
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 44
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 45
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 48
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 52
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 53
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 56
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 59
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 60
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 61
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge — - 63
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 64
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
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18 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for appendectomy (DRG 397). Prices range from $14,977 to $135,968 — roughly 9×. The cheapest is Hendricks Regional Health in Danville; the most expensive is Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center in Plymouth. The state average sits at $64,849.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists appendectomy at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent appendectomy admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Indiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform appendectomy in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 397 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.