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Total Protein Level, Blood Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 58 Iowa hospitals. CPT 84155. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $31.45
📉 Low $5.28
📈 High $174
🏥 58 hospitals
🏛️ 43 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 58 of 58 hospitals.
Billed more than $31.45 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 |
$5.28 | $3.67 | — | $3.67 | $3.67 | $4.92 | — | $10.78 | $3.74 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$5.39 | $3.67 | — | $9.93 | $3.67 | $4.92 | — | $10.78 | $3.74 |
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$8.00 | $5.30 | $5.30 | $5.30 | $5.30 | — | $9.00 | — | $5.30 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | — | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | $5.87 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $6.71 | $3.67 | $17.20 | — | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.67 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | $5.87 |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$14.40 | $13.68 | $17.46 | $10.98 | $10.98 | $13.32 | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$16.38 | $15.77 | $15.77 | — | $15.77 | $18.91 | $19.66 | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$18.90 | $15.93 | $17.01 | $17.28 | $17.28 | $59.00 | $24.03 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$19.00 | $4.40 | $17.00 | — | — | — | $13.60 | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$19.20 | $12.48 | $12.00 | — | $12.48 | $12.48 | $15.84 | $12.00 | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$19.40 | $17.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$24.80 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$28.01 | $17.16 | $17.16 | $17.16 | $17.16 | $19.61 | $33.27 | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$29.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$29.70 | — | $18.81 | — | $18.81 | — | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$31.20 | $39.00 | $39.00 | $19.89 | $19.89 | — | — | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$31.45 | $18.67 | — | $18.68 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$31.85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$32.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$32.75 | — | — | — | — | $5.20 | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$32.80 | $12.67 | $12.67 | $12.67 | — | — | — | $36.90 | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$33.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$33.60 | $41.40 | $31.20 | — | $31.20 | $31.20 | — | — | $31.20 |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$36.00 | $22.00 | $22.00 | — | $3.67 | $28.00 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$36.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$38.00 | $26.68 | $26.15 | — | $26.15 | $29.58 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$41.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$44.00 | $3.67 | $16.72 | $16.72 | $16.72 | $15.40 | — | $30.80 | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$47.00 | $40.09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$48.10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$49.50 | $30.72 | — | $14.89 | $15.19 | $41.72 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$55.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$55.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$55.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$55.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$63.42 | $3.67 | — | $3.67 | $3.67 | $3.63 | — | $107 | $3.56 |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$69.35 | $55.63 | — | $3.67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$71.00 | $60.56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$75.66 | $80.68 | — | $9.46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$76.00 | $41.80 | $63.76 | $36.83 | $38.76 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$85.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$101 | $85.30 | — | $17.60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$101 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$116 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $35.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$174 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 84155, 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: $30.38 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 58 Iowa hospitals above publish for Total protein level, blood — 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 total protein level, blood cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for total protein level, blood (CPT 84155) in Iowa range from $5.28 to $174, with a median of $31.45. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest total protein level, blood in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $5.28. 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 84155 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.