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Partial knee replacement in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 26 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 27446

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$11,6880.9×62026-02-28
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$13,1171.1×212026-03-31
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$13,1171.1×172026-03-31
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$15,2241.2×42025-11-19
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$18,9551.4×52026-02-15
Boone County Hospital Boone$19,0101.5×12026-07-27
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison$20,0551.6×12026-07-27
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$21,9401.8×22025-11-19
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$22,6131.8×12026-01-28
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$23,9661.9×22026-06-27
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$24,9662.0×22026-09-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$27,1282.2×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$27,8492.3×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$28,5712.3×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$31,6012.6×32026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$35,1362.9×22026-01-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$38,9613.2×32026-07-23

MS-DRG 470

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$15,9811.2×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$16,7781.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$17,5001.3×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$17,7241.4×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$17,8301.4×32025-11-19
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$18,3721.4×102026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$20,5521.6×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$20,7141.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Newton Medical Center Newton$20,8881.6×52026-03-31
Allen Hospital Waterloo$21,0421.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$21,3501.6×22026-03-31
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$22,0991.7×72026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$22,2341.7×42026-03-17
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$23,5411.8×82026-03-31
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$25,1371.9×12026-01-01
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$26,1722.0×22026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$26,7722.0×22026-06-27
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$27,6742.1×52026-07-23
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$28,8002.2×22025-11-19
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$28,8682.0×52026-02-15
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$29,2302.2×52026-03-31
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$31,9972.3×92026-02-28
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$32,0592.4×12026-06-01

Questions

How much do insurers pay for partial knee replacement in Iowa?

26 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for partial knee replacement in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 27446, hospital outpatient, the median across 17 hospitals is $22,613, 1.8× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.