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Cash prices Iowa Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Iowa without insurance

Of 90 hospitals in Iowa we can compare, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital (Council Bluffs) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 54% below the Iowa median across 436 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Iowa hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical priceBelow medianAbove median
1. Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs 54% below 409 of 436 22 of 436
2. Floyd County Memorial Hospital Commission Charles City 40% below 379 of 411 32 of 411
3. Alegent Health - Mercy Hospital, Corning Iowa Corning 36% below 324 of 408 80 of 408
4. Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Storm Lake 34% below 190 of 239 49 of 239
5. Story County Hospital Nevada 31% below 273 of 390 117 of 390
6. Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Humboldt 31% below 169 of 198 29 of 198
7. Orange City Municipal Hospital Orange City 30% below 274 of 338 61 of 338
8. Alegent Health Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley 29% below 280 of 408 124 of 408
9. Loring Hospital Sac City 28% below 260 of 320 58 of 320
10. Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Knoxville 27% below 180 of 217 36 of 217
11. Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield 25% below 352 of 384 31 of 384
12. MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport 25% below 345 of 413 65 of 413
13. Greene County Medical Center Jefferson 23% below 279 of 356 75 of 356
14. MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center Dewitt 22% below 281 of 357 67 of 357
15. Shelby County Chris A Myrtue Memorial Hospital Harlan 19% below 274 of 374 96 of 374
16. Waverly Health Center Waverly 18% below 285 of 347 59 of 347
17. Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee 18% below 146 of 223 75 of 223
18. Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic 17% below 276 of 373 92 of 373
19. Boone County Hospital Boone 16% below 231 of 384 148 of 384
20. MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport 16% below 305 of 420 103 of 420
21. Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning 15% below 284 of 392 102 of 392
22. Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinic West Union 15% below 254 of 391 134 of 391
23. Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines 14% below 287 of 464 168 of 464
24. St Anthony Regional Hospital and Nursing Home Carroll 13% below 221 of 388 162 of 388
25. Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer 13% below 241 of 369 125 of 369
26. Keokuk County Health Center Sigourney 13% below 142 of 229 84 of 229
27. Van Diest Medical Center Webster City 12% below 209 of 329 116 of 329
28. Hawarden Regional Healthcare Harwarden 12% below 293 of 422 123 of 422
29. Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center Sumner 11% below 151 of 215 60 of 215
30. Shenandoah Medical Center Shenandoah 10% below 266 of 390 120 of 390
31. Veterans Memorial Hospital City of Waukon Ia Waukon 9% below 201 of 350 148 of 350
32. Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua 9% below 222 of 370 145 of 370
33. UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa 9% below 202 of 348 142 of 348
34. WinnMed Decorah 8% below 238 of 411 167 of 411
35. St Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City 8% below 227 of 370 120 of 370
36. Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center 7% below 179 of 314 134 of 314
37. UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Marshalltown 6% below 203 of 366 139 of 366
38. CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs 5% below 231 of 413 180 of 413
39. Allen Hospital Waterloo 5% below 204 of 375 147 of 375
40. Washington County Hospital Washington 5% below 194 of 366 170 of 366
41. Sioux Center Health Sioux Center 2% below 188 of 367 177 of 367
42. The Finley Hospital Dubuque 2% below 187 of 357 150 of 357
43. Decatur County Hospital Leon 2% below 164 of 307 139 of 307
44. Belmond Community Hospital Belmond at median 193 of 388 190 of 388
45. Regional Medical Center Manchester at median 189 of 384 190 of 384
46. Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge at median 167 of 359 170 of 359
47. Iowa Specialty Hospital-Clarion Clarion at median 190 of 396 199 of 396
48. Monroe County Hospital Albia at median 126 of 262 132 of 262
49. MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City 3% above 205 of 459 243 of 459
50. Madison County Memorial Hospital Winterset 3% above 193 of 426 228 of 426
51. Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Lake City 3% above 162 of 360 191 of 360
52. St Luke's Methodist Hospital Cedar Rapids 3% above 168 of 372 198 of 372
53. Audubon County Memorial Hospital Audubon 4% above 164 of 371 201 of 371
54. Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda 4% above 155 of 385 223 of 385
55. Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell 5% above 130 of 341 190 of 341
56. Pocahontas Community Hospital Pocahontas 5% above 62 of 187 119 of 187
57. Rawford County Memorial Hospital Denison 6% above 165 of 404 234 of 404
58. Hancock County Health System Britt 6% above 147 of 383 231 of 383
59. Unity Healthcare Muscatine 8% above 132 of 365 210 of 365
60. Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona 8% above 117 of 345 222 of 345
61. Trinity - Bettendorf Bettendorf 9% above 132 of 371 216 of 371
62. Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg 9% above 109 of 320 206 of 320
63. Dallas County Hospital Perry 9% above 142 of 408 249 of 408
64. Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton 10% above 69 of 203 131 of 203
65. MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton 11% above 77 of 339 236 of 339
66. Mercy Medical Center - New Hampton New Hampton 11% above 88 of 366 251 of 366
67. MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein 11% above 69 of 311 218 of 311
68. MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader 11% above 67 of 310 216 of 310
69. MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville 11% above 61 of 266 182 of 266
70. Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center 15% above 48 of 178 129 of 178
71. Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield 17% above 114 of 422 300 of 422
72. MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque 17% above 97 of 354 244 of 354
73. Lakes Regional Hospital Spirit Lake 17% above 137 of 355 218 of 355
74. MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo 17% above 141 of 423 266 of 423
75. Sartori Memorial Hospital Cedar Falls 22% above 97 of 327 213 of 327
76. MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton 23% above 94 of 390 286 of 390
77. Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Guttenberg 28% above 30 of 206 174 of 206
78. Hansen Family Hospital Iowa Falls 29% above 80 of 347 266 of 347
79. UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medical Des Moines 35% above 117 of 385 247 of 385
80. Franklin General Hospital Hampton 36% above 52 of 386 332 of 386
81. Wayne County Hospital Corydon 43% above 79 of 392 309 of 392
82. Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon 45% above 75 of 354 274 of 354
83. Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa 48% above 69 of 363 294 of 363
84. Avera Merrill Pioneer Rock Rapids 50% above 48 of 273 225 of 273
85. MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines 51% above 58 of 383 315 of 383
86. Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville 53% above 49 of 310 260 of 310
87. University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City 54% above 75 of 416 326 of 416
88. University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City 54% above 75 of 416 326 of 416
89. MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville 72% above 8 of 361 351 of 361
90. MercyOne West Des Moines Medical Center West Des Moines 150% above 14 of 339 325 of 339
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: Henry County Health Center (Mount Pleasant), Ottumwa Regional Health Center, Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (West Burlington) — their price files list no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in Iowa

Cheapest hospitals by metro area in Iowa

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Iowa hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.