Eye injection cost in Iowa
In Iowa, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection): from $252.05 to $988.40, with a median of $676.20. The lowest price is at CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs (Council Bluffs). The highest price is 3.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $676.20, is 14% above the US median of $591.45.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($337.46).
- Iowa ranks 20th of 32 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 67028. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$252.05CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Median$676.20half of hospitals charge less
Highest$988.40in Iowa
Lowest saves$424.15vs the median
Hospitals in Iowa, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs lowest Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA HC INJECTION EYE DRUG | $252.05 | $586.15 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent | $299.70 | $999.00 | Feb 15, 2026 source file |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD HC INTRAVITREAL INJECTION OF DRUG | $634.57 | $793.21 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB INJECTION, INTRAVITREAL | $676.20 | $966.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB INJECTION, INTRAVITREAL | $676.20 | $966.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Intravitreal Injection Of Drug | $888.00 | $888.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| WinnMed Decorah · Decorah, IA Injection of drug into eye | $988.40 | $1,412.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa City, IA | 2 | $676.20 | $676.20 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 2 | $252.05 | $275.88 |
| Decorah, IA | 1 | $988.40 | $988.40 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1 | $888.00 | $888.00 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1 | $634.57 | $634.57 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What eye injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye injection explained.
Eye injection into the vitreous (intravitreal injection) in other states
- Alabama$405.49, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$691.86
- Arizona$433.09, 2 hospitals
- Arkansas$468.00
- California$884.65
- Colorado$493.35, 3 hospitals
- Connecticut$789.60, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$1,409.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,704.31, 2 hospitals
- Florida$833.90
- Georgia$560.10
- Hawaii$2,340.80
- Idaho$927.00
- Illinois$680.00
- Indiana$6,019.04, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$267.40, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$377.44, 2 hospitals
- Louisiana$303.91
- Maine$223.13, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$918.21, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,270.00
- Michigan$620.93
- Minnesota$493.96
- Mississippi$385.00
- Missouri$331.50
- Montana$459.20
- Nebraska$252.05
- Nevada$405.00, 1 hospital
- New Hampshire$498.24, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$2,264.00
- New Mexico$434.34, 2 hospitals
- New York$721.00
- North Carolina$510.72
- North Dakota$430.43
- Ohio$393.75
- Oklahoma$579.84
- Oregon$708.38
- Pennsylvania$513.32
- Rhode Island$261.45, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$788.81
- South Dakota$190.48, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$123.60
- Texas$529.20
- Utah$77.00, 1 hospital
- Vermont$496.00, 1 hospital
- Virginia$644.50
- Washington$795.60
- West Virginia$472.25
- Wisconsin$404.95
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.