Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 28 graded hospitals in Iowa. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.
This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.
Marshalltown, IA
3.0x — bills about $2.95 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Spencer, IA
3.0x — bills about $3.00 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Spirit Lake, IA
3.0x — bills about $3.04 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
West Burlington, IA
3.2x — bills about $3.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Grinnell, IA
3.2x — bills about $3.18 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Sioux City, IA
3.3x — bills about $3.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Des Moines, IA
3.4x — bills about $3.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Waterloo, IA
3.5x — bills about $3.46 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Fort Dodge, IA
3.5x — bills about $3.49 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Dubuque, IA
3.6x — bills about $3.59 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Council Bluffs, IA
3.6x — bills about $3.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Sioux City, IA
3.7x — bills about $3.70 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Davenport, IA
3.8x — bills about $3.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Dubuque, IA
3.8x — bills about $3.84 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Cedar Rapids, IA
3.9x — bills about $3.93 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Bettendorf, IA
4.0x — bills about $3.99 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Ames, IA
4.0x — bills about $4.03 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Clinton, IA
4.1x — bills about $4.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Cedar Rapids, IA
4.1x — bills about $4.11 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Council Bluffs, IA
4.2x — bills about $4.20 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Mason City, IA
4.4x — bills about $4.38 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Iowa City, IA
4.7x — bills about $4.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Ottumwa, IA
4.8x — bills about $4.82 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Des Moines, IA
4.9x — bills about $4.87 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Des Moines, IA
5.4x — bills about $5.36 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Waterloo, IA
5.4x — bills about $5.40 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Iowa City, IA
5.5x — bills about $5.50 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for
Cedar Falls, IA
7.4x — bills about $7.44 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for