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Cholesterol Level Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 60 Iowa hospitals. CPT 82465. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $33.60
📉 Low $6.72
📈 High $125
🏥 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 |
$6.72 | $4.35 | — | $4.35 | $4.35 | $6.27 | — | $13.72 | $4.44 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$6.86 | $4.35 | — | $12.64 | $4.35 | $6.27 | — | $13.72 | $4.44 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.35 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $8.04 | $4.35 | $17.20 | — | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | — | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | — | $5.66 | — | $6.96 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | — | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | $4.44 | $5.66 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$11.20 | $2.61 | $4.44 | $4.35 | $4.57 | — | $5.66 | — | $6.96 |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$14.40 | — | $9.12 | — | $9.12 | — | — | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$14.89 | $8.84 | — | $8.85 | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$18.52 | $17.83 | $17.83 | — | $17.83 | $21.39 | $22.23 | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$18.90 | $15.93 | $17.01 | $64.00 | $17.28 | $15.93 | $24.03 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS COMMUNITY CLINIC AT DRAKE DES MOINES |
$21.00 | $1.83 | $5.62 | — | — | — | $21.00 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS EAST UNIVERSITY CLINIC DES MOINES |
$21.00 | $1.83 | $5.62 | — | — | — | $21.00 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS CITYVILLE CLINIC DES MOINES |
$21.00 | $1.83 | $5.62 | — | — | — | $21.00 | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$21.60 | $14.04 | $13.50 | — | $14.04 | $14.04 | $17.82 | $13.50 | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$22.00 | $5.22 | $21.00 | — | — | — | $16.80 | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$23.20 | $22.04 | $28.13 | $25.23 | $17.69 | $21.46 | — | — | — |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$25.54 | $23.37 | $31.93 | $31.93 | $15.65 | $56.00 | $30.33 | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$30.40 | $19.38 | $19.38 | $19.38 | $19.38 | — | — | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$31.35 | — | — | — | — | $5.88 | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$32.00 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$32.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$33.60 | $41.40 | $60.00 | — | $31.20 | $31.20 | — | — | $31.20 |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$34.45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$35.00 | $24.84 | $24.34 | — | $24.34 | $27.54 | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$38.40 | $14.83 | $14.83 | $14.83 | — | — | — | $43.20 | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$38.70 | $23.65 | $23.65 | — | $4.35 | $30.10 | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$39.00 | $33.27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$40.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$40.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$40.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$40.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$40.95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$43.26 | $4.35 | — | $4.35 | $4.35 | $4.30 | — | $73.13 | $4.21 |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$47.00 | $40.09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$49.50 | $31.68 | — | $15.36 | $66.00 | $43.02 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$51.00 | $28.05 | $42.79 | $36.83 | $26.01 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$51.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$57.23 | $50.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$57.23 | $50.33 | — | $10.41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$62.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$63.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$65.00 | $4.35 | $24.70 | $24.70 | $24.70 | $22.75 | — | $45.50 | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$67.38 | $28.54 | $28.54 | $38.00 | $28.54 | $27.75 | $65.80 | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$68.87 | $60.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$69.35 | $55.63 | — | $4.35 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$75.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$75.66 | $80.68 | — | $9.46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$101 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$125 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 82465, 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: $34.30 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 cholesterol level cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for cholesterol level (CPT 82465) in Iowa range from $6.72 to $125, with a median of $33.60. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest cholesterol level in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $6.72. 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 82465 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.