CostGrade

All published prices at University Of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

59 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

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Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

683 $52,045 $11,613 -17%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

420 $27,932 $2,422 +44%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

156 $65,768 $13,619 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

97 $50,305 $8,643 +16%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

97 $83,248 $16,443 about average
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $2,084 $610 -34%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

73 $38,107 $5,042 +9%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

70 $22,105 $2,883 -12%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

56 $54,708 $9,066 +17%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

53 $11,399 $1,447 +13%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

52 $63,703 $11,264 +16%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $37,144 $6,385 -7%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

47 $58,558 $10,886 -5%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

43 $38,383 $6,972 about average
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

42 $27,637 $4,618 about average
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

39 $23,971 $3,111 +16%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

36 $11,050 $1,434 about average
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

33 $93,339 $18,425 -14%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

31 $80,821 $12,006 -21%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

31 $65,068 $9,811 -4%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

28 $20,381 $1,389 +138%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

26 $43,524 $5,945 +43%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

25 $39,848 $6,608 -4%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

22 $66,837 $13,429 -20%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

22 $14,655 $1,698 +25%
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay

21 $29,590 $5,976 -8%
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit

21 $70,535 $9,003 -26%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

20 $48,666 $6,725 +7%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

20 $50,610 $7,394 +21%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

19 $55,177 $9,394 +14%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications

MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay

19 $72,783 $13,545 -15%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

19 $24,836 $2,959 +7%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

18 $30,807 $5,237 about average
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

18 $134,343 $32,675 -25%
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay

17 $35,262 $4,897 -8%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

17 $37,007 $5,842 +18%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

17 $64,660 $8,095 +59%
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

17 $29,281 $5,476 about average
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay

17 $29,885 $3,823 +25%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

16 $37,307 $6,046 -15%
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $56,220 $9,182 -6%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $9,664 $1,705 -25%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

15 $31,470 $5,563 about average
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

14 $26,054 $5,373 -21%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

14 $113,371 $30,103 -36%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

14 $21,168 $2,476 +4%
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major

MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay

13 $46,308 $7,260 -15%
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)

MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay

13 $94,890 $18,808 -34%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

13 $66,820 $10,425 +26%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

13 $48,676 $10,651 -14%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay

13 $33,816 $5,711 -9%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications

MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay

13 $103,413 $23,513 -20%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

13 $18,249 $2,225 +3%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

12 $23,053 $3,937 -8%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)

MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay

12 $62,633 $12,353 -12%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

12 $58,540 $9,716 +21%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay

12 $51,574 $9,340 -8%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

11 $34,529 $5,845 +5%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

11 $41,906 $5,820 +6%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.