Level 5 ER visit cost in Marshalltown, IA — inpatient
In Marshalltown, IA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for emergency room visit, level 5 of 5, high-complexity problem as an inpatient: from $319.20 to $319.20, with a median of $319.20. Across Iowa, the median is $367.00 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 99285, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Marshalltown, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnityPoint Health Marshalltown lowest Marshalltown, IA · (641) 754-5151 PR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | $319.20 | $399.00 | $159.07–$386.61 | 20% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA · (641) 754-5151 HC ED LEVEL 5 VISIT | $1,407.20 | $1,759.00 | $615.65–$1,403.68 | 20% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $319.20, median $319.20, highest $319.20.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $319.20 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is the highest of five emergency department visit levels, used for a serious problem that needs complex evaluation and treatment, often with a hospital admission or transfer. The level is assigned after the visit: doctors pick it by the complexity of their medical decision making, and hospitals pick the facility level by the care and resources used, so a patient cannot choose it in advance.
What the price covers
The hospital price for this code is the facility fee for the ER visit. The emergency physician bills separately, and lab tests, imaging, medicines and procedures are added on top.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 99285 ($1,499.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown, IAHC ED LEVEL 5 INIT ASSESS | $44.00 | file |