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Vancomycin Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 58 Iowa hospitals. CPT 80202. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $109
📉 Low $34.40
📈 High $362
🏥 58 hospitals
🏛️ 42 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 58 of 58 hospitals.
Billed more than $109 for this? That gap is evidence.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | — | $17.60 | — | $21.66 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.54 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $26.15 | $13.54 | $34.04 | — | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | — | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | — | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | $13.81 | $17.60 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$34.40 | $8.12 | $13.81 | $13.54 | $14.22 | — | $17.60 | — | $21.66 |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$39.60 | — | $25.08 | — | $25.08 | — | — | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$43.20 | $32.94 | $52.38 | $32.94 | $32.94 | $39.96 | — | — | — |
| OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA |
$50.16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$57.40 | $48.38 | $63.00 | $52.48 | $52.48 | $48.38 | $72.98 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$64.00 | $16.25 | $64.00 | — | — | — | $51.20 | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$69.17 | — | — | — | — | $19.25 | — | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$70.55 | $41.89 | — | $41.90 | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$81.00 | $69.09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$92.00 | $95.00 | $77.00 | — | $100 | $115 | $96.00 | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$98.40 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$100 | $69.00 | $100 | — | $52.00 | $51.00 | — | — | $52.00 |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$103 | $48.00 | — | $31.88 | $32.51 | $60.00 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$104 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$107 | $13.54 | — | $13.54 | $13.54 | $99.28 | — | $218 | $13.81 |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$108 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$109 | $13.54 | — | $200 | $13.54 | $99.28 | — | $218 | $13.81 |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$112 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$117 | $71.50 | $71.50 | — | $13.54 | $91.00 | — | — | — |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$119 | $54.00 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $56.00 | $95.00 | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$120 | $84.64 | $82.95 | — | $82.95 | $93.84 | — | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$127 | $49.13 | $49.13 | $49.13 | — | — | — | $143 | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$130 | $76.20 | — | $13.54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$137 | $52.00 | $50.00 | — | $52.00 | $52.00 | $66.00 | $50.00 | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$140 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA MERRILL PIONEER HOSPITAL ROCK RAPIDS |
$147 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL ESTHERVILLE |
$147 | $85.30 | — | $17.60 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$158 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$161 | $13.54 | — | $13.54 | $13.54 | $13.37 | — | $272 | $13.12 |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$162 | $89.10 | $136 | $67.52 | $82.62 | — | — | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$165 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$170 | $100 | $100 | $100 | $51.00 | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$180 | $85.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$191 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$196 | $85.30 | — | $10.00 | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$216 | $38.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $35.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$221 | $13.54 | $83.98 | $83.98 | $75.00 | $77.35 | — | $155 | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$246 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$248 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WEST DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER WEST DES MOINES |
$362 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 80202, 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: $116 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 vancomycin cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for vancomycin (CPT 80202) in Iowa range from $34.40 to $362, with a median of $109. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest vancomycin in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $34.40. 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 80202 (Labs). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.