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Cervical disc replacement in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 17 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 22856

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$12,1100.7×62026-02-28
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$17,3081.0×32026-02-15
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$17,9141.1×202026-03-31
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$26,8041.6×42026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$27,2011.6×32025-11-19
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$27,2951.6×52026-03-31
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$31,3581.9×22025-11-19
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$32,3201.9×12026-01-28
Finley Hospital Dubuque$33,5822.0×52026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$34,0972.0×22026-09-01
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$37,8942.3×12026-06-27
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$39,8042.4×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$40,8352.4×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$45,1662.7×32026-01-28

MS-DRG 518

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$30,2881.2×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$32,5071.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$33,2651.3×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$33,6901.3×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$33,8921.3×32025-11-19
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$35,0121.4×102026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$39,0661.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$39,3741.5×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$39,9971.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$42,0561.6×72026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$42,5661.7×42026-03-17
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$50,4642.0×22025-11-19
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$51,8702.0×22026-06-27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$55,2432.0×52026-02-15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$60,8202.2×92026-02-28

MS-DRG 520

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$9,4960.9×12026-01-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$12,1711.2×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$12,9941.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$13,3021.3×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$13,4721.3×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$13,5531.3×32025-11-19
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$14,3691.4×102026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$15,6221.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$15,7451.5×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$15,9951.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$16,8111.6×72026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$17,3431.7×42026-03-17
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$20,7342.0×22026-06-27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$22,5242.1×52026-02-15
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$23,0322.3×22025-11-19
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$24,3502.2×92026-02-28

Questions

How much do insurers pay for cervical disc replacement in Iowa?

17 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for cervical disc replacement in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 22856, hospital outpatient, the median across 14 hospitals is $31,839, 1.9× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.