Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.
State average
$86,500
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$30,367 – $169,001
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $30,367Cash pay $21,257 - 2
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $44,595Cash pay $35,676 - 3
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $66,045 - 4
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $69,390Cash pay $52,042 - 5
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $72,338Cash pay $37,616 - 6
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897Medicare pays (avg) $22,733 - 8
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897Medicare pays (avg) $33,774 - 9
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897Medicare pays (avg) $32,859 - 11
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 12
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 13
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 14
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 16
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 17
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 18
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 19
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 21
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $87,534Cash pay $56,897 - 22
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $137,227Cash pay $89,198Medicare pays (avg) $28,455 - 23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $169,001Cash pay $101,401 - 24
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 28
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 29
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,282 - 30
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,001 - 31
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,968 - 33
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,897 - 34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 329) anywhere from $30,367 to $169,001 — a $138,634 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 - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $86,500.
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 329 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.