How much does appendicitis surgery cost?

Appendicitis is a very common and a relatively high incidence surgical emergency abdomen in general surgery. Appendicitis surgery is known as appendectomy, and even though most people consider appendicitis surgery to be minor surgery, active attention should be paid to postoperative care and to avoiding postoperative complications, etc. In a tertiary care hospital, for example, the surgical cost of traditional surgery for patients diagnosed with appendicitis and who are in need of surgical intervention is about $8,000-12,000. Minimally invasive surgery of the appendix, that is, laparoscopic appendectomy, costs about 12,000-17,000 yuan.