NIPT prenatal DNA test cost in Iowa
In Iowa, 26 hospitals publish a cash price for prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT): from $702.04 to $5,162.45, with a median of $789.30. The lowest price is at Grundy County Memorial Hospital (Grundy Center). The highest price is 7.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $789.30, is 24% below the US median of $1,043.03.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($759.05).
- Iowa ranks 7th of 40 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 26 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 81420. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$702.04Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Median$789.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$5,162.45in Iowa
Lowest saves$87.26vs the median
Hospitals in Iowa, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grundy County Memorial Hospital lowest Grundy Center · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA MATERNIT21 PLUS MFMT21 F/G/PMP/A/X/D/S/SA/N/T/QC/Q/W1 | $702.04 | $877.56 | Jun 29, 2026 source file |
| Allen Hospital Waterloo · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell · Grinnell, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids · Cedar Rapids, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| The Finley Hospital Dubuque · Dubuque, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Trinity - Bettendorf Bettendorf · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge · Fort Dodge, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Unity Healthcare Muscatine · Muscatine, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medical Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa · Cedar Rapids, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown · Marshalltown, IA HC FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY | $728.69 | $910.86 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center Dewitt · Clinton, IA informaSeq Prenatal Test-Sendout | $729.60 | $1,216.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield · Fairfield, IA Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel | $849.00 | $1,415.00 | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua · Keosauqua, IA Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel | $910.70 | $1,301.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Fetal Chrmoml Aneuploidy | $1,348.00 | $1,348.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| WinnMed Decorah · Decorah, IA Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel | $1,558.20 | $2,226.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA HC Mayo Analysis Genomic Sequence Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy | $1,592.50 | $2,450.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque · Dubuque, IA HC Mayo Analysis Genomic Sequence Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy | $1,592.50 | $2,450.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City · Mason City, IA HC Mayo Analysis Genomic Sequence Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy | $1,592.50 | $2,450.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA HC Mayo Analysis Genomic Sequence Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy | $1,592.50 | $2,450.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa · Maquoketa, IA INFORMASEQ PRENATAL TEST-SENDOUT | $1,619.00 | $1,619.00 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic · Atlantic, IA Test for detecting genes associated with fetal disease, aneuploidy genomic sequence analysis panel | $1,640.10 | $2,343.00 | Jun 1, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL informaSeq(SM)with XY Analysis - Sendout | $1,821.60 | $3,036.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport · Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL informaSeq(SM)with XY Analysis - Sendout | $2,027.40 | $3,379.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union · West Union, IA FETAL CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY (MATERNIT21 PLUS) | $5,162.45 | $8,691.00 | Jun 27, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 3 | $728.69 | $1,821.60 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 3 | $728.69 | $1,348.00 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 3 | $702.04 | $728.69 |
| Dubuque, IA | 2 | $728.69 | $1,160.60 |
| Atlantic, IA | 1 | $1,640.10 | $1,640.10 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Clinton, IA | 1 | $729.60 | $729.60 |
| Decorah, IA | 1 | $1,558.20 | $1,558.20 |
| Fairfield, IA | 1 | $849.00 | $849.00 |
| Fort Dodge, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Grinnell, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Keosauqua, IA | 1 | $910.70 | $910.70 |
| Maquoketa, IA | 1 | $1,619.00 | $1,619.00 |
| Marshalltown, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Mason City, IA | 1 | $1,592.50 | $1,592.50 |
| Muscatine, IA | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1 | $728.69 | $728.69 |
| West Union, IA | 1 | $5,162.45 | $5,162.45 |
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 NIPT prenatal DNA test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: NIPT prenatal DNA test explained.
Prenatal cell-free DNA screen for trisomy 21, 18 and 13 (NIPT) in other states
- Alabama$1,004.55
- Alaska$1,232.07
- Arizona$1,720.00
- Arkansas$1,222.00
- California$1,736.00
- Colorado$846.55
- Connecticut$3,985.28, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$2,429.05
- District of Columbia$2,888.94, 2 hospitals
- Florida$387.50
- Georgia$899.50
- Hawaii$2,110.50, 1 hospital
- Idaho$695.30
- Illinois$879.90
- Indiana$850.92
- Kansas$2,277.15
- Kentucky$1,287.72
- Louisiana$451.08
- Maine$1,049.17
- Maryland$395.01
- Massachusetts$2,583.00
- Michigan$300.00
- Minnesota$1,387.54
- Mississippi$802.40
- Missouri$1,166.10
- Montana$926.25, 1 hospital
- Nebraska$3,026.95, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$775.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$2,290.80, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$834.96
- New Mexico$701.96, 3 hospitals
- New York$1,140.78
- North Carolina$852.34
- North Dakota$1,277.70
- Ohio$1,456.00
- Oklahoma$1,178.78
- Oregon$1,376.40
- Pennsylvania$2,336.04
- Rhode Island$759.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$1,807.66
- South Dakota$998.40, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$998.58
- Texas$870.00
- Utah$1,531.19
- Vermont$1,581.58, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$1,032.80
- Washington$766.08
- West Virginia$800.00
- Wisconsin$1,206.81
- Wyoming$1,294.90
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.