Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, polyps, or diverticular disease. This version covers patients with an otherwise uncomplicated recovery focused on pain control and getting the bowel working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $11,118Cash pay $7,783 - 2
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $25,900Cash pay $13,468 - 3
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $31,071Cash pay $23,304 - 4
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $33,400Cash pay $23,380 - 5
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $41,142Cash pay $34,970 - 6
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $43,506 - 7
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797Medicare pays (avg) $10,188 - 9
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 10
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797Medicare pays (avg) $9,166 - 12
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 13
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 14
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 15
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 16
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 17
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 20
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 21
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 22
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $53,534Cash pay $34,797 - 23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $65,471Cash pay $39,282 - 24
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $67,637Cash pay $27,055 - 25
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $77,587Cash pay $50,431 - 26
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $103,576Cash pay $62,145 - 27
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,738 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,776 - 37
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 331) anywhere from $11,118 to $103,576 — a $92,458 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond in Belmond. The state average sits at $52,190.
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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 331 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.