Gallbladder Removal Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Removal of the gallbladder through small incisions (laparoscopic surgery), usually because of gallstones, in patients who also have other serious health problems. The stay covers the operation and monitoring until eating and moving comfortably again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $15,766Cash pay $11,036 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $23,199Cash pay $13,456 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $68,961Cash pay $48,273 - 4
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 5
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601Medicare pays (avg) $13,662 - 6
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 7
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 8
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 9
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 10
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 11
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 12
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 13
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 14
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 15
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 16
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 17
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 18
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 19
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $71,694Cash pay $46,601 - 20
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $98,354Cash pay $63,930 - 21
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 25
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 26
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 28
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,744 - 29
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 32
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price gallbladder removal (Medicare DRG 417) anywhere from $15,766 to $98,354 — a $82,589 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $67,669.
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 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 gallbladder 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 gallbladder removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 417 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.