Appendix Removal Cost in Minnesota — 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.
State average
$31,070
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$22,336 – $48,033
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital
Robbinsdale, MN
Gross charge $22,336Cash pay $11,771 - 2
North Memorial Health – Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove, MN
Gross charge $22,336Cash pay $11,771 - 3
Lakewood Health System
Staples, MN
Gross charge $28,292Cash pay $17,541 - 4
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Saint Louis Park, MN
Gross charge $34,351Cash pay $10,649 - 5
Astera Health
Wadena, MN
Gross charge $48,033Cash pay $33,330 - 6
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 7
Hennepin County Medical Center
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 8
Alomere Health
Alexandria, MN
Gross charge — - 9
Winona Health
Winona, MN
Gross charge — - 10
Fairview Lakes Health Services
Wyoming, MN
Gross charge — - 11
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Grand Rapids, MN
Gross charge — - 12Gross charge —
- 13
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital
Edina, MN
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Essentia Health St. Mary's-Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes, MN
Gross charge — - 16
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
Princeton, MN
Gross charge — - 17
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital
Burnsville, MN
Gross charge — - 18
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital
Maplewood, MN
Gross charge — - 19
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital
Woodbury, MN
Gross charge — - 20
Essentia Health Sandstone
Sandstone, MN
Gross charge — - 21
Essentia Health Ada
Ada, MN
Gross charge — - 22
Essentia Health-Holy Trinity Hospital (Graceville)
Graceville, MN
Gross charge — - 23
Rainy Lake Medical Center
International Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 24
Kittson Healthcare
Hallock, MN
Gross charge — - 25
Ortonville Area Health Services
Ortonville, MN
Gross charge — - 26
Essentia Health-Moose Lake
Moose Lake, MN
Gross charge — - 27
Essentia Health-Deer River
Deer River, MN
Gross charge — - 28
St Gabriels Hospital
Little Falls, MN
Gross charge — - 29
New Ulm Medical Center
New Ulm, MN
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 31
Allina United Hospital
Saint Paul, MN
Gross charge — - 32
Essentia Health Virginia
Virginia, MN
Gross charge — - 33
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center
Bemidji, MN
Gross charge — - 34
Essentia Health Fosston
Fosston, MN
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Essentia Health Duluth
Duluth, MN
Gross charge — - 37
Cambridge Medical Center
Cambridge, MN
Gross charge — - 38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Acute Care)
Minneapolis, MN
Gross charge — - 39
Owatonna Hospital
Owatonna, MN
Gross charge — - 40
Buffalo Hospital
Buffalo, MN
Gross charge — - 41
Mercy Hospital
Coon Rapids, MN
Gross charge —
5 Minnesota hospitals list a gross charge for appendix removal under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $22,336 to $48,033. The cheapest is North Memorial Health - Robbinsdale Hospital in Robbinsdale; the most expensive is Astera Health in Wadena. The state average sits at $31,070.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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. Minnesota 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.