Gallbladder & Bile Duct Disorders Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Problems with the gallbladder or bile ducts, such as gallstones or a blocked duct, managed without major surgery. Care often includes imaging, IV medicines, and sometimes an endoscopic procedure to clear a blockage.
State average
$16,983
gross charge · DRG 445
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$1,920 – $47,015
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,920 at Washington County Hospital and Clinics) 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
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $1,920Cash pay $1,440 - 2
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $2,729 - 3
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $3,828Cash pay $1,991 - 4
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $4,591Cash pay $2,663 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,230Cash pay $5,061 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $10,757Cash pay $7,530 - 7
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $11,044 - 8
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $12,113Cash pay $9,691 - 9
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $15,035Cash pay $10,525 - 10
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $26,213Cash pay $10,485 - 11
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $30,771Cash pay $24,617 - 12
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $31,816Cash pay $12,727 - 13
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $32,702Cash pay $19,621 - 14
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $47,015Cash pay $30,560Medicare pays (avg) $6,281 - 15
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 16
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 17
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 18
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 19
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 20
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,008 - 21
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,189 - 23
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 26
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 33
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price gallbladder & bile duct disorders (Medicare DRG 445) anywhere from $1,920 to $47,015 — a $45,095 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $16,983.
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 445 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.