DRG 399 · Digestive

Appendix Removal Cost in New York — 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
$34,588
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$14,381 – $89,202
low to high
Lowest $14,381 Highest $89,202

20 New York hospitals list a gross charge for appendix removal under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $14,381 to $89,202. The cheapest is Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $34,588.

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. New York 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    Gross charge $14,381
    Cash pay $9,347
  2. 2

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $24,246
    Cash pay $15,760
  3. 3

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $24,246
    Cash pay $15,760
  4. 4

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $25,475
    Cash pay $6,878
  5. 5

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge $25,593
  6. 6

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $26,193
    Cash pay $13,097
  7. 7

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $27,097
    Cash pay $50,204
  8. 8

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge $28,419
    Cash pay $18,472
  9. 9

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $28,419
    Cash pay $18,472
  10. 10
    Gross charge $28,419
    Cash pay $18,472
  11. 11

    Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital

    Oneonta, NY

    Gross charge $28,540
    Cash pay $7,706
  12. 12

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $30,656
  13. 13

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $30,656
  14. 14

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $30,656
  15. 15

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $34,244
    Cash pay $27,395
  16. 16

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Elmira, NY

    Gross charge $34,300
  17. 17

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $35,386
    Cash pay $28,309
  18. 18

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $36,427
    Cash pay $21,856
  19. 19

    Bon Secours Community Hospital

    Port Jervis, NY

    Gross charge $89,202
    Cash pay $17,153
  20. 20

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    Gross charge $89,202
    Cash pay $18,010
  21. 21

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

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  23. 23

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

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  24. 24

    Huntington Hospital

    Huntington, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $42,476
  25. 25

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  26. 26

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

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  27. 27

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

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  28. 28

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

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  29. 29

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

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  30. 30

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

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  31. 31

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

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  33. 33

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,875
  34. 34

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,875
  36. 36

    Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)

    Glen Cove, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $37,470
  37. 37

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

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  38. 38

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

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  39. 39

    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $42,476
  40. 40

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge —
  41. 41

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

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  42. 42

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

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  43. 43

    Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

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    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

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  46. 46

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $8,865
  47. 47

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $13,875
  48. 48

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

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  49. 49

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

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  50. 50

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

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  51. 51

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $37,470
  52. 52
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  53. 53

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

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  55. 55

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

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  56. 56

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

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  57. 57

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

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  58. 58

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

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  59. 59

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

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  60. 60

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

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  61. 61

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

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  62. 62

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

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  63. 63

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

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  64. 64

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

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  65. 65
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  66. 66

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

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  67. 67

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

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  68. 68

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

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  69. 69

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

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  70. 70

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

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  71. 71

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

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  72. 72

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

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  73. 73

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

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  74. 74

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

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  75. 75

    St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore

    Far Rockaway, NY

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