Appendix Removal Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $7,159Cash pay $2,864 - 2
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $12,275Cash pay $8,593 - 3
Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Greensburg, IN
Gross charge $28,243Cash pay $21,182 - 4
Adams Memorial Hospital
Decatur, IN
Gross charge $29,345 - 5
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $32,498Cash pay $25,998 - 6
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $37,352Cash pay $24,279 - 7
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $37,352Cash pay $24,279 - 8
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $40,725Cash pay $32,580 - 9
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $40,977Cash pay $24,586 - 10
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $40,977Cash pay $24,586 - 11
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $40,977Cash pay $24,586 - 12
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $40,977Cash pay $24,586 - 13
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $40,977Cash pay $24,586 - 14
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $42,005Cash pay $25,203 - 15
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $42,005Cash pay $25,203 - 16
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $42,005Cash pay $25,203 - 17
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $43,935Cash pay $14,059 - 18
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $44,079Cash pay $26,448 - 19
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 20
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $51,804Cash pay $36,263 - 21
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $54,186Cash pay $32,512 - 22
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $54,186Cash pay $32,512 - 23
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $54,186Cash pay $32,512 - 24
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $56,802Cash pay $8,520 - 25
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 26
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 27
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 28
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 29
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 32
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 33
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 34
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 35
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 36
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 39
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 40
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 41
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 42
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 46
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 48
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
Gross charge — - 49
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 50
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 51
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 52
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 53
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 54
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Cameron Memorial Community Hospital Inc
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 56
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 59
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 60
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 61
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 62
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 63
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 64
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 65
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
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24 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for appendix removal (DRG 399). Prices range from $7,159 to $56,802 — roughly $49,643 apart. The cheapest is Hendricks Regional Health in Danville; the most expensive is Johnson Memorial Health in Franklin. The state average sits at $40,018.
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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 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.