Hospitals / Iowa

Hospital Prices in Iowa

How much do Iowa hospitals really charge? We graded 27 hospitals based on their own published pricing data.

State Fairness Grade

B

Below average prices

Typical Price Multiplier

17x

what the typical hospital charges vs the federal benchmark

Hospitals Graded

27

57,151 procedures priced

What does this mean?We compare each hospital's published prices to the federal government's fair-price benchmark (what Medicare pays for the same procedure). A hospital graded “A” charges close to that benchmark. A hospital graded “F” charges many times more. If you're uninsured or out-of-network, this directly affects your bill.

Hospital map

19 of 27 mapped

Pins are colored by fairness grade. Some hospitals are placed at their city center when an exact location isn't published. Hospitals we couldn't place are still listed below.

Iowa Hospitals Ranked by Price Fairness

Showing 1–25 of 27 hospitals

1

Methodist Jennie Edmundson

Council Bluffs, IA · 1,916 procedures

F

121x fair price

2

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs, IA · 7,930 procedures

F

114x fair price

3

Broadlawns Medical Center

DES MOINES, IA · 3,813 procedures

D

94x fair price

4

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN

IOWA CITY, IA · 8,253 procedures

D

65x fair price

5

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER

IOWA CITY, IA · 8,253 procedures

D

65x fair price

6

Spencer Municipal Hospital

SPENCER, IA · 147 procedures

D

50x fair price

7

Guttenberg Municipal Hospital

Guttenberg, IA · 1,159 procedures

C

43x fair price

8

Grundy County Memorial Hospital

GRUNDY CENTER, IA · 1,359 procedures

C

41x fair price

9

CHI Health Missouri Valley

Missouri Valley, IA · 2,746 procedures

C

40x fair price

10

CHI Health Mercy Corning

Corning, IA · 2,746 procedures

C

40x fair price

11

Dallas County Hospital

PERRY, IA · 2,241 procedures

C

38x fair price

12

Compass Memorial Healthcare

Marengo, IA · 1,248 procedures

C

32x fair price

13

Buena Vista Regional Medical Center

STORM LAKE, IA · 832 procedures

B

29x fair price

14

Sanford Sheldon Medical Center

Sheldon, IA · 1,487 procedures

B

28x fair price

15

Regional Medical Center

MANCHESTER, IA · 81 procedures

B

20x fair price

16

Broadlawns Clinics

, IA · 1,871 procedures

B

18x fair price

17

Ringgold County Hospital

Mt Ayr, IA · 1,424 procedures

B

17x fair price

18

Greater Regional Medical Center

CRESTON, IA · 1,594 procedures

B

15x fair price

19

Palo Alto County Health System

Emmetsburg, IA · 859 procedures

B

14x fair price

20

Pocahontas Community Hospital

Pocahontas, IA · 704 procedures

B

10x fair price

21

Hamilton County Public Hospital DBA Van Diest Medical Center

Webster City, IA · 1,463 procedures

A

9x fair price

22

Humboldt County Memorial Hospital

Humboldt, IA · 811 procedures

A

8x fair price

23

Montgomery County Memorial Hospital

Red Oak, IA · 1,280 procedures

A

7x fair price

24

Cherokee Regional Medical Center

Cherokee, IA · 1,854 procedures

A

6x fair price

25

Broadlawns Cityville Urgent Care & Family Medicine

Des Moines, IA · 360 procedures

A

2x fair price

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