Price Atlas / Surgery rates / Appendectomy (laparoscopic) / South DakotaAppendectomy (laparoscopic) in South Dakota: what insurers pay Posted commercial rates at 5 South Dakota hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.
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CPT 44970 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls $7,172 1.2× 1 2026-03-04 Huron Regional Medical Center Huron $9,191 1.5× 1 2026-03-31 Same Day Surgery Center Llc Rapid City $29,642 4.8× 2 2026-09-10
MS-DRG 399 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Monument Health Spearfish Hospital Spearfish $12,592 1.5× 1 2026-09-01 Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Rapid City $14,726 1.8× 2 2026-09-01 Huron Regional Medical Center Huron $16,839 2.0× 1 2026-03-31 Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls $18,619 2.2× 3 2026-03-04
MS-DRG 398 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Rapid City $19,472 1.8× 2 2026-09-01 Huron Regional Medical Center Huron $22,673 2.1× 1 2026-03-31 Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls $24,619 2.2× 3 2026-03-04
MS-DRG 397 Hospital Median across insurers × Medicare Insurers File date Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Rapid City $30,810 1.8× 2 2026-09-01 Huron Regional Medical Center Huron $37,127 2.1× 1 2026-03-31 Sanford Usd Medical Center Sioux Falls $38,953 2.2× 3 2026-03-04
Questions How much do insurers pay for appendectomy (laparoscopic) in South Dakota? 5 South Dakota hospitals post usable commercial rates for appendectomy (laparoscopic) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 44970, hospital outpatient, the median across 3 hospitals is $9,191 , 1.5× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.
Techy Surgeon Price Atlas · commercial rates from hospital price-transparency files as of 2026-09-27. Commercial plans only; payer-specific dollar amounts for the exact code and setting (grade A); no professional-fee, percent-of-charges, per-diem, algorithm or unnamed-payer rows; no duplicate campus files; each rate between 0.5x (outpatient) or 0.6x (inpatient) and 8x the same hospital's local Medicare base rate. Median across each insurer's plans. Historical rates the hospitals themselves posted. Percentiles only where the comparison group has 5 or more hospitals. Market transparency, not pricing guidance. Medicare anchor = the same hospital's local Medicare base rate (OPPS or IPPS FY2026, wage-adjusted; inpatient anchors exclude teaching and safety-net add-ons). Rates are posted contract amounts, not what any patient paid. Method . Free to use; cite as Techy Surgeon Price Atlas (2026).
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