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Shoulder replacement in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 23 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 23472

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$11,6880.7×62026-02-28
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$17,9141.1×212026-03-31
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$17,9141.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$17,9141.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$17,9141.1×202026-03-31
Boone County Hospital Boone$19,0101.1×12026-07-27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$19,0381.1×42026-02-15
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$20,0551.2×12026-09-23
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$21,6981.3×12026-06-27
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$22,6741.3×22026-09-01
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$38,7732.3×32026-01-28
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
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$50,2193.0×22026-01-28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$53,2093.2×32026-07-23

MS-DRG 483

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$21,5631.1×72026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$23,6511.3×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$23,9531.3×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$24,0971.3×32025-11-19
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$24,1101.3×22026-09-01
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$26,1301.4×102026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$27,7751.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$27,9951.5×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$28,4381.5×32026-01-28
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$30,3501.6×22026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$31,7121.7×42026-03-17
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$32,7671.7×12026-06-01
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$37,2532.0×22025-11-19
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$37,5342.0×22026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$38,4722.0×22026-06-27
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$39,7682.1×52026-07-23
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$41,1632.0×52026-02-15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$43,2432.1×92026-02-28

Questions

How much do insurers pay for shoulder replacement in Iowa?

23 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for shoulder replacement in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 23472, hospital outpatient, the median across 20 hospitals is $24,938, 1.5× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.