Thyroxine (CPT 84439) Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 62 Iowa hospitals. CPT 84439. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $63.84
📉 Low $12.80
📈 High $202
🏥 62 hospitals
🏛️ 47 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 62 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Cigna | Molina | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$12.80 | $8.48 | $15.52 | $8.48 | $8.48 | $14.40 | — | — | $8.48 |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$12.96 | $9.02 | — | $9.02 | $9.02 | — | $12.08 | $26.46 | $9.20 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$13.23 | $9.02 | — | $24.37 | $9.02 | — | $12.08 | $26.46 | $9.20 |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$18.00 | — | $11.40 | — | $11.40 | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$20.16 | $23.94 | $20.16 | — | $25.20 | $24.19 | $25.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | — | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | — | — | $14.43 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $14.75 | $9.02 | $28.19 | $11.73 | — | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.02 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | — | $11.73 | $9.20 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$22.40 | $5.41 | $9.20 | $9.02 | $9.47 | $11.73 | — | — | $14.43 |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$23.20 | $15.08 | $14.50 | — | $29.00 | $19.14 | $29.00 | $14.50 | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$23.79 | $20.06 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $89.00 | $59.00 | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$25.60 | $24.32 | $31.04 | $27.84 | $32.00 | — | $32.00 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS CITYVILLE CLINIC DES MOINES |
$32.00 | $3.79 | $11.59 | — | — | $32.00 | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS COMMUNITY CLINIC AT DRAKE DES MOINES |
$32.00 | $3.79 | $11.59 | — | — | $32.00 | — | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$32.00 | $17.60 | $26.85 | $60.70 | $16.32 | — | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS EAST UNIVERSITY CLINIC DES MOINES |
$32.00 | $3.79 | $11.59 | — | — | $32.00 | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$35.00 | $10.82 | $34.00 | — | — | $27.20 | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$47.04 | $69.00 | $84.00 | — | $43.68 | — | $43.68 | — | $43.68 |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$47.79 | $14.64 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $19.00 | $56.00 | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$51.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$51.54 | — | — | — | — | — | $10.70 | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$53.32 | $31.66 | — | $31.66 | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$63.84 | $9.02 | — | $9.02 | $9.02 | — | $8.91 | $108 | $8.74 |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$64.00 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | $88.03 | — | $95.00 | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$65.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$68.40 | $41.80 | $41.80 | — | $9.02 | — | $53.20 | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$69.75 | $44.64 | — | $21.64 | $93.00 | — | $60.00 | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$73.00 | $51.52 | $50.49 | — | $50.49 | — | $57.12 | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$74.00 | $9.02 | $28.12 | $28.12 | $28.12 | — | $25.90 | $51.80 | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$74.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$74.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$74.69 | $65.68 | — | $13.58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$77.35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$78.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$78.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$78.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$78.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$78.65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$80.00 | $68.24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA |
$82.78 | — | — | $54.67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$89.05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$92.80 | $35.84 | $35.84 | $35.84 | — | — | — | $104 | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$96.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$97.85 | $76.20 | — | $9.02 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$98.94 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$102 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$105 | $85.30 | — | $10.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$111 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$112 | $100 | $100 | $100 | $100 | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$113 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $38.00 | $83.00 | $38.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$121 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 84439, 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: $65.60 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 thyroxine cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for thyroxine (CPT 84439) in Iowa range from $12.80 to $202, with a median of $63.84. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest thyroxine in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $12.80. 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 84439 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.