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Total Protein Level, Urine Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 59 Iowa hospitals. CPT 84156. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $39.75
📉 Low $5.28
📈 High $154
🏥 59 hospitals
🏛️ 43 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 59 of 59 hospitals.
Billed more than $39.75 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 | $9.70 | $10.00 | $10.00 | — | $9.00 | — | $5.30 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.67 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $6.71 | $3.67 | $17.20 | — | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | $5.87 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$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 ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | $3.74 | $4.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$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 TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$9.60 | $2.20 | $3.74 | $3.67 | $3.85 | — | $4.77 | — | $5.87 |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$9.88 | $9.05 | $12.36 | $12.36 | $12.36 | $56.00 | $11.74 | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$12.60 | — | $7.98 | — | $7.98 | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$16.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$16.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$17.60 | $16.72 | $21.34 | $13.42 | $13.42 | $22.00 | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$19.00 | $4.40 | $19.00 | — | — | — | $15.20 | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$19.59 | $16.52 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $59.00 | $24.92 | — | — |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$24.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$26.36 | $31.30 | $26.36 | — | $25.37 | $32.95 | $31.63 | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$28.90 | $17.16 | — | $17.16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$30.37 | $31.80 | $32.16 | $17.87 | $12.86 | $35.73 | $29.66 | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$32.00 | $17.60 | $26.85 | $36.83 | $16.32 | — | — | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$33.16 | — | — | — | — | $5.10 | — | — | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$36.00 | $22.00 | $22.00 | — | $3.67 | $28.00 | — | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$39.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA |
$44.12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$46.00 | $32.66 | $32.01 | — | $32.01 | $36.21 | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$46.48 | $57.27 | $83.00 | — | $43.16 | $43.16 | — | — | $43.16 |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$48.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$51.20 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$52.80 | $20.39 | $20.39 | $20.39 | — | — | — | $59.40 | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$52.92 | $3.67 | — | $3.67 | $3.67 | $3.63 | — | $89.46 | $3.56 |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$53.00 | $3.67 | $20.14 | $20.14 | $20.14 | $18.55 | — | $37.10 | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$55.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$56.87 | $60.64 | — | $7.11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$57.20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$61.00 | $52.03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$63.20 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | $79.00 | — | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$69.60 | $45.24 | $43.50 | — | $52.00 | $52.00 | $57.42 | $43.50 | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$75.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$76.63 | $67.39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$79.00 | $67.39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$81.00 | $48.00 | — | $24.43 | $24.92 | $60.00 | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$85.50 | $68.58 | — | $3.67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$91.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$117 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$147 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$147 | $85.30 | — | $17.60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$154 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 84156, 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: $33.60 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $39.75 for this?
That is the median of what the 59 Iowa hospitals above publish for Total protein level, urine — 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, urine cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for total protein level, urine (CPT 84156) in Iowa range from $5.28 to $154, with a median of $39.75. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest total protein level, urine 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 84156 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.