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Hospital pricing in Iowa

30 hospitals · 22 cities · CMS data

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.

30 hospitals
CMS price transparency
Updated 2026-04-03
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Hospitals

30

With pricing data

Cities

22

Metro areas tracked

State avg markup

4.1x

vs Medicare rate

Median markup

4x

Middle hospital

Hospital grade distribution in Iowa

A
Excellent1 hospitals (3%)
B
Good5 hospitals (17%)
C
Average18 hospitals (60%)
D
High6 hospitals (20%)

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Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files and Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Covering 30 hospitals across 22 cities in Iowa. All data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

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.

State-level methodology: Grades are assigned based on average markup ratio relative to the national distribution. Hospital counts reflect facilities with 3+ DRGs of reportable data.

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