Screening Test for Pathogenic Organisms Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 59 Iowa hospitals. CPT 87081. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $45.50
📉 Low $10.08
📈 High $107
🏥 59 hospitals
🏛️ 44 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 59 of 59 hospitals.
Billed more than $45.50 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$10.08 | $6.63 | — | $6.63 | $6.63 | $9.40 | — | $20.58 | $6.76 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$10.29 | $6.63 | — | $18.96 | $6.63 | $9.40 | — | $20.58 | $6.76 |
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$10.40 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | $6.89 | — | $11.70 | — | $6.89 |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$11.70 | — | $7.41 | — | $7.41 | — | — | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$14.40 | $10.98 | $10.98 | $10.98 | $10.98 | $18.00 | — | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | — | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $11.40 | $6.63 | $19.77 | — | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | — | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.96 | $6.76 | $8.62 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | — | $8.62 | — | $10.61 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$16.80 | $3.98 | $6.76 | $6.63 | $6.96 | — | $8.62 | — | $10.61 |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$26.00 | $14.30 | $21.81 | $40.24 | $13.26 | — | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$27.20 | $17.68 | $17.00 | — | $34.00 | $34.00 | $22.44 | $17.00 | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$28.00 | $7.96 | $28.00 | — | — | — | $22.40 | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$30.00 | $19.20 | — | $9.31 | $9.49 | $26.07 | — | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$30.79 | $25.96 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $59.00 | $39.16 | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$33.04 | $30.68 | $30.68 | — | $30.68 | $30.68 | — | — | $30.68 |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$35.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$37.40 | $22.21 | — | $22.21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$38.28 | — | — | — | — | $8.32 | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$40.00 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$43.20 | $54.00 | $54.00 | $27.54 | $27.54 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$45.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$45.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$46.00 | $39.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$46.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$48.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$50.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$54.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$54.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$54.90 | $33.55 | $33.55 | — | $6.63 | $42.70 | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$56.26 | $49.47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$56.80 | $21.94 | $21.94 | $21.94 | — | — | — | $63.90 | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$56.84 | $54.72 | $54.72 | — | $54.72 | $65.62 | $68.22 | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$57.00 | $40.02 | $39.22 | — | $39.22 | $44.37 | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$59.17 | $52.03 | — | $10.76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$62.26 | $66.39 | — | $7.78 | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$71.00 | $51.83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS IOWA CITY |
$72.10 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 | — | $6.63 | — | $94.76 | — |
| UI HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY |
$72.10 | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.63 | — | $6.63 | — | $94.76 | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$74.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$78.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$83.16 | $6.63 | — | $6.63 | $6.63 | $6.55 | — | $141 | $6.43 |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$84.39 | $74.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$85.50 | $68.58 | — | $6.63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$87.00 | $74.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$95.00 | $6.63 | $36.10 | $36.10 | $36.10 | $33.25 | — | $66.50 | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$100 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $38.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$107 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 87081, 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: $48.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $45.50 for this?
That is the median of what the 59 Iowa hospitals above publish for Screening test for pathogenic organisms — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does screening test for pathogenic organisms cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for screening test for pathogenic organisms (CPT 87081) in Iowa range from $10.08 to $107, with a median of $45.50. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest screening test for pathogenic organisms in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $10.08. 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 87081 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.