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Medical costs in Iowa City, IA

2 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Priya Iyengar , Senior Billing Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.

CMS price transparency
2 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

2

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

0.94x

Top procedures by average charge in IOWA CITY

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 8532$183,6800.91x4.8x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CCDRG 4672$129,4660.90x5.2x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES ODRG 2462$118,4280.73x5.9x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCCDRG 4602$108,8440.69x4.2x
MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIESDRG 4832$95,9790.86x5.9x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4682$91,7960.78x4.8x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCCDRG 5222$84,5940.89x5.9x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCCDRG 4702$84,1350.96x6.4x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CCDRG 4812$80,9710.88x5.6x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCCDRG 2472$79,3610.71x6.3x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 8712$68,1230.91x4.8x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCCDRG 2802$62,0640.88x5.4x
PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILUREDRG 1892$61,3281.13x7x
OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCCDRG 6982$59,9070.90x5.7x
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCCDRG 1772$58,2460.93x4.6x
RENAL FAILURE WITH MCCDRG 6822$57,6040.96x5.5x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CCDRG 2812$52,5581.08x9.9x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALEDRG 1752$51,9080.83x5.5x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCCDRG 6892$50,0951.06x6.6x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCCDRG 6402$48,6850.89x5x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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