Heart catheterization in Iowa

MS-DRG 287: Circulatory disorders except ami, with cardiac catheterization without mcc

$37,400typical hospital bill

$7,898typical amount paid

$7,260–$11,516range paid across 13 hospitals

Iowa hospitals billed Medicare a typical $37,400 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down	Iowa City	13	$46,308	$7,260
St Lukes Hospital	Cedar Rapids	16	$35,257	$7,571
Methodist Jennie Edmundson	Council Bluffs	20	$33,103	$7,606
Allen Hospital	Waterloo	36	$26,905	$7,714
Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	11	$37,400	$7,795
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center	Des Moines	26	$56,121	$7,823
St Lukes Regional Medical Center	Sioux City	14	$28,789	$7,898
Genesis Medical Center-Davenport	Davenport	29	$34,048	$7,923
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi	Des Moines	59	$44,214	$8,383
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center	Waterloo	17	$47,559	$8,505
Trinity Regional Medical Center	Fort Dodge	27	$27,546	$8,507
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center	Mason City	37	$47,209	$8,720
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics	Iowa City	23	$64,066	$11,516

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.