Cardiac Stent Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent — typically performed for blocked coronary arteries.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for cardiac stent. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days (longer if part of a heart-attack admission)):
Included in the hospital bill
- Cardiac catheterization lab time and equipment
- Drug-eluting stent device (typically itemized)
- Inpatient room and observation
- Cardiac monitoring during recovery
Usually billed separately
- Interventional cardiologist professional fee
- Pre-procedure stress test, echocardiogram, or coronary CT angiography
- Outpatient cardiac rehab program
- Long-term antiplatelet medications (these are outpatient pharmacy)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does cardiac stent best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Heart-Attack Mortality
Even for elective stenting, the hospital that handles emergent PCI well has the cath-lab team and protocols to manage rare complications.
Patient Safety Composite (PSI-90)
Captures bleeding, vascular complications, and other post-procedure events that affect cath-lab outcomes.
Heart-Attack Readmissions
Strong discharge planning and outpatient cardiology handoff matter — readmission usually means symptoms returned.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For cardiac stent, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- During an active heart attack, the nearest cath-lab-capable hospital is typically the right call — not the cheapest. Price isn't a useful filter in an emergency.
- For complex coronary disease (multivessel, left main, prior bypass), high-volume PCI centers tend to have better outcomes — worth weighing against price.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is the stent device itself included in the facility estimate, or billed separately?
- Is the interventional cardiologist in-network for my insurance?
- How many drug-eluting stent procedures does this lab perform per year?
- What outpatient cardiac rehab is recommended, and is it covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $6,656Cash pay $3,994 - 2
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $10,150Cash pay $6,090 - 3
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $11,864Cash pay $7,118 - 4
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $23,254Cash pay $16,278 - 5
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $121,604Cash pay $48,642 - 6
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 7
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 8
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price cardiac stent (Medicare DRG 247) anywhere from $6,656 to $121,604 — a $114,948 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond in Belmond; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $34,706.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cardiac stent at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling cardiac stent in Iowa, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Iowa hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cardiac stent in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 247 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.