Other Bone, Joint & Muscle Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on bones, joints, muscles, or connective tissue that does not fit a more specific surgical category. The stay includes the procedure, pain management, and early rehabilitation.
State average
$55,470
gross charge · DRG 516
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$12,058 – $110,215
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $12,058Cash pay $8,440 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $13,729Cash pay $9,610 - 3
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $13,733Cash pay $9,613 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $36,576Cash pay $21,946 - 5
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $57,181Cash pay $33,165 - 6
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 8
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 9
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242Medicare pays (avg) $12,393 - 11
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 12
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 13
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 14
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 16
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 17
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 18
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 19
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 21
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $60,373Cash pay $39,242 - 22
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $66,358Cash pay $43,133 - 23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $110,215Cash pay $66,129 - 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
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 32
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price other bone, joint & muscle surgery (Medicare DRG 516) anywhere from $12,058 to $110,215 — a $98,158 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $55,470.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling other bone, joint & muscle surgery in Iowa, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 other bone, joint & muscle surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 516 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.