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X-ray for Estimating Bone Age Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 59 Iowa hospitals. CPT 77072. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $132
📉 Low $21.00
📈 High $372
🏥 59 hospitals
🏛️ 50 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $23.42
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 59 of 59 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$21.00 | $59.00 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $59.00 | $89.00 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | — | $17.77 | — | $8.36 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | — | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.36 | $8.78 | — | $17.77 | — | $8.36 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.78 | $8.53 | $17.77 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$21.60 | $8.78 | $8.36 | $8.53 | $8.36 | — | $17.77 | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$24.00 | $17.61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS IOWA CITY |
$41.30 | $22.98 | $23.42 | $23.89 | — | $23.42 | — | $54.28 | — |
| UI HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY |
$41.30 | $22.98 | $23.42 | $23.65 | — | $23.42 | — | $54.28 | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$45.00 | $24.75 | $37.76 | $75.02 | $223 | — | — | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$55.80 | — | $57.00 | — | $57.00 | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$56.00 | $17.61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS EAST UNIVERSITY CLINIC DES MOINES |
$88.00 | $16.47 | $26.93 | — | — | — | $88.00 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS CITYVILLE CLINIC DES MOINES |
$88.00 | $16.47 | $26.93 | — | — | — | $88.00 | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS COMMUNITY CLINIC AT DRAKE DES MOINES |
$88.00 | $16.47 | $26.93 | — | — | — | $88.00 | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$90.30 | $44.19 | — | $104 | $104 | $103 | — | $153 | $32.25 |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$103 | $92.02 | — | $92.02 | $92.02 | $95.71 | — | $210 | $93.87 |
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$104 | $53.00 | $53.00 | $53.00 | $53.00 | — | $90.00 | — | $53.00 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$105 | $74.90 | — | $193 | $74.90 | $95.71 | — | $210 | $76.40 |
| HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HUMBOLDT |
$112 | $96.00 | $71.00 | $77.84 | $77.84 | $77.84 | $75.00 | $75.00 | — |
| BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER INDEPENDENCE |
$113 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $35.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$130 | $77.00 | $77.00 | — | $77.00 | $89.00 | $96.00 | — | — |
| CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE |
$132 | $53.00 | $53.00 | $53.00 | $53.00 | $55.00 | $100 | — | — |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$161 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $49.00 | $56.00 | $95.00 | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$166 | $52.00 | $50.00 | — | $52.00 | $52.00 | $66.00 | $50.00 | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$174 | $48.00 | — | $48.00 | $48.00 | $60.00 | — | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$176 | — | — | — | — | $1.00 | — | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$190 | $61.00 | $61.00 | $61.00 | $61.00 | $237 | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$204 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$213 | $9.61 | $9.61 | $9.61 | $9.61 | $8.30 | $83.30 | — | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$213 | $127 | — | $127 | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$219 | $52.00 | $52.00 | — | $52.00 | $51.00 | — | — | $52.00 |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$224 | $86.52 | $86.52 | $86.52 | — | — | — | $252 | — |
| POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL POCAHONTAS |
$233 | $96.00 | $60.00 | $64.00 | $95.00 | $50.00 | $97.00 | — | — |
| COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUMNER |
$240 | $58.80 | $63.00 | $49.00 | $63.00 | $61.00 | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$246 | $240 | $93.48 | $93.48 | $75.00 | $86.10 | — | $172 | — |
| GUTTENBERG MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL GUTTENBERG |
$254 | $52.00 | $52.00 | — | $52.52 | $52.52 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$260 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CENTERVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CENTERVILLE |
$263 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$270 | $76.20 | — | $68.18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$272 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$272 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES OF HOWARD COUNTY CRESCO |
$284 | $73.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA |
$284 | — | — | $114 | — | $104 | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$287 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$294 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$299 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$306 | $30.00 | $30.00 | — | — | — | $24.00 | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$357 | $51.00 | $51.00 | $51.00 | $51.00 | — | — | — | — |
| COMPASS MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE BOX 228 |
$372 | $323 | $20.27 | — | $279 | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 77072, 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: $215 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 77072 in Iowa, Medicare reimburses about $23.42 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Iowa range from $21.00 to $372 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 5.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does x-ray for estimating bone age cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for x-ray for estimating bone age (CPT 77072) in Iowa range from $21.00 to $372, with a median of $132. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest x-ray for estimating bone age in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $21.00. 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 77072 (Imaging). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.