Screening colonoscopy cost in Iowa
In Iowa, 20 hospitals publish a cash price for screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code): from $314.00 to $6,060.80, with a median of $1,244.25. The lowest price is at Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines). The highest price is 19.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,244.25, is 25% below the US median of $1,658.13.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($950.10).
- Iowa ranks 10th of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 20 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 G0121. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 5, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$314.00Broadlawns Medical Center
Median$1,244.25half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,060.80in Iowa
Lowest saves$930.25vs the median
Hospitals in Iowa, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadlawns Medical Center lowest Des Moines · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Scrn Colonoscopy Pt Not Hi Ri | $314.00 | $314.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Boone County Hospital Boone · Ames, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $560.00 | $700.00 | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Sioux Center Health Sioux Center · Sioux Center, IA | $591.70 | $610.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Avera Merrill Pioneer Rock Rapids · Rock Rapids, IA | $661.54 | $682.00 | — source file |
| Madison County Memorial Hospital Winterset · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $775.20 | $969.00 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs · Omaha, NE-IA END-Colorectal Screen - Not High Risk | $783.30 | $2,611.00 | Feb 15, 2026 source file |
| Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona · Algona, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $791.20 | $989.00 | Jul 16, 2026 source file |
| Rawford County Memorial Hospital Denison · Denison, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $906.40 | $1,133.00 | Jul 27, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning · Corning, IA HC CLN CA SCRN NOT HI RISK IND | $961.20 | $2,136.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley · Omaha, NE-IA HC CLN CA SCRN NOT HI RISK IND | $1,068.00 | $2,136.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Hancock County Health System Britt · Britt, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $1,420.50 | $1,894.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Hawarden Regional Healthcare Harwarden · Harwarden, IA SCRN COLONOSCOPY | $1,649.16 | $1,940.19 | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union · West Union, IA HCHG G0121P COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY (PT NOT MEE | $1,849.12 | $3,113.00 | Jun 27, 2026 source file |
| WinnMed Decorah · Decorah, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $2,119.60 | $3,028.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua · Keosauqua, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $2,407.30 | $3,439.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; NON-HIGH RISK | $3,101.70 | $4,431.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City · Iowa City, IA HB COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; NON-HIGH RISK | $3,101.70 | $4,431.00 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Lake City · Lake City, IA COLON CA SCRN NOT HI RSK IND | $3,403.00 | $4,254.00 | Oct 8, 2024 source file |
| Dallas County Hospital Perry · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA OR-SCRN COLONOSCOPY PT NOT HI RISK | $4,303.00 | $6,620.00 | May 29, 2026 source file |
| Regional Medical Center Manchester · Manchester, IA COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY ON INDIVIDUAL NOT MEETING CRITERIA FOR HIGH RISK | $6,060.80 | $7,576.00 | Feb 20, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 3 | $314.00 | $775.20 |
| Iowa City, IA | 2 | $3,101.70 | $3,101.70 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 2 | $783.30 | $925.65 |
| Algona, IA | 1 | $791.20 | $791.20 |
| Ames, IA | 1 | $560.00 | $560.00 |
| Britt, IA | 1 | $1,420.50 | $1,420.50 |
| Corning, IA | 1 | $961.20 | $961.20 |
| Decorah, IA | 1 | $2,119.60 | $2,119.60 |
| Denison, IA | 1 | $906.40 | $906.40 |
| Harwarden, IA | 1 | $1,649.16 | $1,649.16 |
| Keosauqua, IA | 1 | $2,407.30 | $2,407.30 |
| Lake City, IA | 1 | $3,403.00 | $3,403.00 |
| Manchester, IA | 1 | $6,060.80 | $6,060.80 |
| Rock Rapids, IA | 1 | $661.54 | $661.54 |
| Sioux Center, IA | 1 | $591.70 | $591.70 |
| West Union, IA | 1 | $1,849.12 | $1,849.12 |
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 screening colonoscopy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Screening colonoscopy explained.
Screening colonoscopy for a person at average risk (Medicare code) in other states
- Alabama$1,417.13
- Alaska$1,617.60
- Arizona$2,337.17
- Arkansas$661.80
- California$2,366.00
- Colorado$2,292.87
- Connecticut$3,225.00
- Delaware$2,726.64, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$1,480.93, 1 hospital
- Florida$3,238.10
- Georgia$1,525.29
- Hawaii$6,563.90
- Idaho$2,509.00
- Illinois$2,529.90
- Indiana$1,873.95
- Kansas$1,102.45
- Kentucky$3,446.04
- Louisiana$752.40
- Maine$1,030.04
- Maryland$564.00, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$1,963.00
- Michigan$999.30
- Minnesota$1,562.11
- Mississippi$966.21
- Missouri$1,366.40
- Montana$1,920.00
- Nebraska$1,830.88
- Nevada$1,058.10
- New Hampshire$1,756.39
- New Jersey$1,099.00
- New Mexico$1,360.93
- New York$1,543.69
- North Carolina$1,338.00
- North Dakota$1,742.40
- Ohio$2,602.50
- Oklahoma$1,324.80
- Oregon$1,777.14
- Pennsylvania$1,521.60
- Rhode Island$1,859.00
- South Carolina$5,757.31
- South Dakota$1,524.58, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$1,253.13
- Texas$782.00
- Utah$1,979.85, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$692.69, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$3,148.25
- Washington$1,587.95
- West Virginia$1,498.00
- Wisconsin$1,922.70
- Wyoming$2,009.25, 4 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.