Amylase Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 60 Iowa hospitals. CPT 82150. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $44.21
📉 Low $9.60
📈 High $120
🏥 60 hospitals
🏛️ 45 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 60 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$9.60 | $6.48 | — | $6.48 | $6.48 | $8.95 | — | $19.60 | $6.61 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$9.80 | $6.48 | — | $18.05 | $6.48 | $8.95 | — | $19.60 | $6.61 |
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$10.40 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | — | $11.70 | — | $6.89 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | — | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | — | $8.42 | — | $10.37 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | — | $8.42 | — | $10.37 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $12.74 | $6.48 | $17.20 | — | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | $6.61 | $8.42 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$16.80 | $3.89 | $6.61 | $6.48 | $6.80 | — | $8.42 | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$16.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$17.60 | $16.72 | $21.34 | $19.14 | $22.00 | $16.28 | — | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$21.60 | — | $13.68 | — | $13.68 | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$24.70 | $19.81 | — | $6.48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$28.99 | $34.43 | $28.99 | — | $36.24 | $36.24 | $34.79 | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$30.60 | $18.17 | — | $18.17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$30.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$32.00 | $7.78 | $31.00 | — | — | — | $24.80 | — | — |
| UI HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY |
$37.10 | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.48 | — | $6.48 | — | $48.76 | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS IOWA CITY |
$37.10 | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.48 | — | $6.48 | — | $48.76 | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$38.00 | $32.41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$38.64 | $69.00 | $69.00 | — | $65.55 | $35.88 | — | — | $35.88 |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$38.72 | $35.44 | $48.41 | $48.41 | $23.72 | $56.00 | $45.99 | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$39.20 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$44.21 | — | — | — | — | $9.22 | — | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$48.00 | $26.40 | $40.27 | $94.80 | $24.48 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$53.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$53.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$58.00 | $49.47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$58.40 | $73.00 | $73.00 | $73.00 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$58.50 | $37.44 | — | $18.15 | $18.51 | $50.84 | — | — | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$58.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$59.00 | $41.40 | $40.57 | — | $40.57 | $45.90 | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$60.00 | $39.00 | $37.50 | — | $52.00 | $52.00 | $49.50 | $37.50 | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$60.30 | $36.85 | $36.85 | — | $6.48 | $46.90 | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$67.90 | $59.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$71.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$71.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$71.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$71.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$71.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$78.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$79.20 | $30.59 | $30.59 | $30.59 | — | — | — | $89.10 | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$81.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$81.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$84.00 | $59.00 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $59.00 | $89.00 | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$85.26 | $6.48 | — | $6.48 | $6.48 | $6.41 | — | $144 | $6.28 |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$93.00 | $6.48 | $35.34 | $35.34 | $35.34 | $32.55 | — | $65.10 | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$93.12 | $81.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$101 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$104 | $85.30 | — | $10.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$105 | $85.30 | — | $17.60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$107 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $38.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$110 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$120 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 82150, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $52.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does amylase cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for amylase (CPT 82150) in Iowa range from $9.60 to $120, with a median of $44.21. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest amylase in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $9.60. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Iowa facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 82150 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.