How much money an appendix removal?

Answer 1

Anywhere from $15,000 to $18,000 (maybe even more) in the U.S. My 20-year old daughter had this procedure while in Nicaragua for a school program and the total cost--surgeon and hospital, including post-operation visits--came to under $1,400, yes, that's $1,400, in a private hospital. The insurance company was the beneficiary of this low cost, not us.

Answer 2

Alot.

I had mine out when I was nine. I am now 17.

it costs alot, for staying in the hospital, the surgery, the drugs, the food...etc.

Prepare to be on bed rest for a week, and have an ugly scar on your stomach.

Answer 3

surgery 5000.00

I don't know? Well I found this cool site and it has all the medical cost I could think of, anyway, it says on the site that, an appendectomy procedure could cost you at around $13405 but of course it varies upon the location. In San Francisco, it would cost you $40,000. Source: http://www.surgerycosts.net/price.php?medical=appendectomy

At Stanford Hospital, in 2008, my insurance bill shows: $515 for emergency service, $694 for diagnostics (probably the CT scans), $2486 for anesthesia, $2485 for the actual surgery procedure, and then of course, they put you in a room for at least one day, in my case it was night - morning - lunch - night - morning - lunch, then released, and room & board for that stay cost $41,194.

Total hospital at Brenners in Winston Salem - $12,500 for a 13 yr. old that had not burst. Insurance BCBS only covered $8,750 where in the past United Healthcare has paid for 100% for other procedures.

Answer 4

Appendectomies in the US may range from about $9,000 to over $30,000, depending on whether it's on an emergency basis or ruptured, etc. For a variety of procedures, to save costs without necessarily reducing quality, over 500,000 US residents traveled overseas for medical care in 2007 - and the trend is rising. Cost savings can be as high as 90%. One reason is because hospitals in the US often cost $500 or more per square foot to build, but in many foreign countries they can be built for less than $100 a square foot to state of the art specifications. And, often there are fewer patients overseas in relation to the nursing staff available to care for patients.