Techy SurgeonPrice AtlasInteractive atlas · All states · techysurgeon.com

Newborn nursery stay in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 32 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

Open in the explorerAll states

CPT 99460

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Waverly Health Center Waverly$770.6×52026-03-03
Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hawarden$880.7×12026-04-24
Wayne County Hospital Corydon$1140.9×22026-06-10
Boone County Hospital Boone$1150.9×122026-07-27
Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning$1301.0×82026-07-01
Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona$1421.1×82026-07-16
Orange City Area Health System Orange City$1441.1×62026-09-23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion Clarion$1451.1×72026-06-11
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$1551.2×62026-06-01
Story County Hospital Nevada$1591.2×12026-03-30
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$1881.5×22025-11-19
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$1911.5×32025-11-19
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$2261.8×12026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$2281.8×32026-09-01
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$2792.2×32026-01-28
Finley Hospital Dubuque$2822.2×52026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$2862.2×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$3162.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$3372.6×42026-01-28

MS-DRG 795

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$1,5741.1×72026-02-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$1,7381.3×22026-09-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$1,7821.3×72026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$1,8541.4×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$1,8781.4×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$1,8891.4×32025-11-19
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$2,1781.6×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$2,1951.6×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$2,2301.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$2,2621.7×82026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$2,4181.8×102026-03-31
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$2,4691.8×12026-01-01
Monroe County Hospital Albia$2,6722.0×42026-03-17
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$2,7732.0×22026-06-27
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$2,8662.1×22026-03-31
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$2,8662.1×52026-07-23
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$2,8922.1×22026-03-31
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$3,6882.5×22026-02-15
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$3,7712.8×52026-03-31
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison$4,1413.0×12026-07-27
Boone County Hospital Boone$4,2493.1×12026-07-27
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$5,9924.4×22026-06-01
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$7,3005.3×22025-11-19

Questions

How much do insurers pay for newborn nursery stay in Iowa?

32 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for newborn nursery stay in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 99460, hospital outpatient, the median across 19 hospitals is $159, 1.2× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.