"The average price paid by large employer plans for an inpatient admission for a laparoscopic appendectomy increased by 136% between 2003 and 2016, much faster than general price increases over the period (28%).... [T]he average price of a full knee replacement in the New York City area ($50 thousand) is more than twice the price of the same procedure in the Louisville, Kentucky area ($23 thousand). The national average was $34,063."  MORE >>