Appendix Removal Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$40,537
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$7,562 – $65,268
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,562Cash pay $5,294 - 2
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,837Cash pay $11,786 - 3
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $24,270Cash pay $19,416 - 4
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $29,764Cash pay $15,477 - 5
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $29,826Cash pay $21,177 - 6
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 8
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 9
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 11
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 12
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 13
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 14
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 16
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 17
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 18
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 19
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 21
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $44,090Cash pay $28,658 - 22
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $53,396Cash pay $34,707 - 23
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $65,268Cash pay $26,107 - 24
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 28
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 29
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 30
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price appendix removal (Medicare DRG 399) anywhere from $7,562 to $65,268 — a $57,705 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City. The state average sits at $40,537.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists appendix removal at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent appendix removal admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Iowa hospitals missing from the list either don't perform appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.