Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
State average
$71,230
gross charge · DRG 330
Hospitals
31
with published pricing
Price range
$15,837 – $354,265
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $15,837Cash pay $11,086 - 2
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $19,225Cash pay $15,380 - 3
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $20,584Cash pay $16,467 - 4
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $32,948Cash pay $23,063 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $34,544Cash pay $27,635 - 6
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $36,175Cash pay $21,705 - 7
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $36,350Cash pay $27,262Medicare pays (avg) $18,357 - 8
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $47,515Cash pay $33,260 - 9
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $49,313Cash pay $19,725 - 10
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $56,647 - 11
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $57,780 - 12
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $62,644Cash pay $53,248 - 13
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 14
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448Medicare pays (avg) $14,909 - 15
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448Medicare pays (avg) $15,783 - 16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 17
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448Medicare pays (avg) $14,435 - 18
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 19
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 20
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 21
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 22
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 23
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 24
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 25
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 26
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 27
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 28
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $74,535Cash pay $48,448 - 29
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $91,691Cash pay $36,676 - 30
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $100,049Cash pay $65,032Medicare pays (avg) $13,662 - 31
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $354,265Cash pay $212,559 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,358 - 35
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 36
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 37
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,575 - 38
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 39
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,821 - 40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,944 - 42
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 50
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,778 - 51
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,322
Iowa hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 330) anywhere from $15,837 to $354,265 — a $338,428 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 $71,230.
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 330 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.