Statistical bulletin (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company : 1984)
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During 1997 the average total charge for an open appendectomy (OA) was $9,670 while that for a laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) was $11,290. The 20 study states (those with 50 or more OAs) accounted for 77 percent of the 2,979 OA procedures investigated. The total charges ranged from $12,800 in California to $6,540 in Oklahoma. ⋯ The physicians' fees ranged from $4,280 in New York to $1,830 in Colorado. The patients with LAs remained in the hospital, on average, 2.22 days. The length of stay ranged from almost three days in Ohio to 1.62 days in Colorado.