Gallbladder & Bile Duct Disorders Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Problems with the gallbladder or bile ducts, such as gallstones or inflammation, treated without surgery during this stay. Care typically involves imaging, IV fluids, and medications.
State average
$14,283
gross charge · DRG 446
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$2,158 – $35,011
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,158 at Wayne County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,158 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $2,788Cash pay $2,091 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $2,839Cash pay $1,987 - 4
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $4,804Cash pay $3,363 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,466Cash pay $3,826 - 6
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $5,570Cash pay $3,342 - 7
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $7,021Cash pay $4,213 - 8
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 9
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 10
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 11
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 12
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 13
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 14
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 15
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 16
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 17
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 18
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 19
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 21
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 22
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 23
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $16,935Cash pay $11,008 - 24
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $20,445 - 25
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $35,011Cash pay $22,757 - 26
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 30
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 33
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 44
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price gallbladder & bile duct disorders (Medicare DRG 446) anywhere from $2,158 to $35,011 — a $32,853 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $14,283.
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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 446 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.