Analysis of Substance Using Immunoassay Technique, Multiple Step Method Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 58 Iowa hospitals. CPT 83516. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $56.00
📉 Low $2.88
📈 High $360
🏥 58 hospitals
🏛️ 43 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 58 of 58 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$2.88 | $2.58 | — | $11.53 | $11.53 | $2.69 | — | $5.88 | $2.64 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$2.94 | $2.58 | — | $5.42 | $11.53 | $2.69 | — | $5.88 | $11.76 |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$2.94 | $3.22 | — | $7.00 | $7.00 | $7.28 | — | $4.97 | $1.05 |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$18.12 | $16.59 | $22.66 | $11.10 | $11.10 | $56.00 | $21.53 | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$22.40 | $17.08 | $17.08 | $17.08 | $17.08 | $20.72 | — | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | — | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | — | $14.99 | — | $18.45 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | — | $14.99 | — | $18.45 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | — | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.76 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $11.53 | $11.53 | $12.11 | $11.76 | $14.99 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$29.60 | $6.92 | $22.11 | $11.53 | $32.94 | — | $14.99 | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$30.14 | — | — | — | — | $16.40 | — | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$33.30 | — | $21.09 | — | $21.09 | — | — | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$34.00 | $20.19 | — | $20.19 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$35.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$36.75 | $23.52 | — | $11.40 | $11.63 | $31.94 | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$38.00 | $11.53 | $14.44 | $14.44 | $14.44 | $13.30 | — | $26.60 | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$39.20 | $69.00 | $70.00 | — | $36.40 | $36.40 | — | — | $36.40 |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$47.20 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$47.20 | $30.09 | $59.00 | $30.09 | $30.09 | — | — | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$48.30 | $40.71 | $43.47 | $44.16 | $44.16 | $40.71 | $89.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$56.00 | $13.84 | $56.00 | — | — | — | $44.80 | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$57.00 | $31.35 | $47.82 | $60.02 | $29.07 | — | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$57.60 | $22.25 | $22.25 | $22.25 | — | — | — | $64.80 | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$63.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$64.00 | $61.60 | $61.60 | — | $61.60 | $73.87 | $76.80 | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$65.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$65.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$66.40 | $43.16 | $41.50 | — | $43.16 | $43.16 | $54.78 | $41.50 | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$69.00 | $50.37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$70.30 | $56.39 | — | $11.53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE |
$72.90 | $42.93 | $42.93 | $42.93 | $42.93 | $44.55 | $81.00 | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$76.00 | $64.83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$85.36 | $75.06 | — | $15.52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$91.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$91.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$91.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$94.00 | $66.24 | $64.92 | — | $64.92 | $73.44 | — | — | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$102 | $62.15 | $62.15 | — | $11.53 | $79.10 | — | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$104 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$115 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$119 | $85.30 | — | $10.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$120 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $38.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$125 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$209 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$360 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 83516, 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: $40.05 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 analysis of substance using immunoassay technique, multiple step method cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for analysis of substance using immunoassay technique, multiple step method (CPT 83516) in Iowa range from $2.88 to $360, with a median of $56.00. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest analysis of substance using immunoassay technique, multiple step method in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $2.88. 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 83516 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.