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Health Data panel reveals hospital billing gaps in Iowa
A Iowa Health Data Commission report shows wide price variation for common services across hospitals. Tylenol costs range from 1 cent at Mercy Cedar Rapids to 79 cents at St Luke's in Cedar Rapids. hospital room rates vary from 100 to 217 dollars per night. The study links price differences to facility size, occupancy, education and research missions, and notes charges reflect Jan 1 figures that may have changed.
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Judy Daubermier
Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Health Data Commission
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital
Clinton
Floyd Valley Hospital
le Mars
Iowa City
Guthrie County Memorial Hospital
Guthrie Center
University of Iowa
Uly
Anamosa
Sartori Memorial
Cedar Falls
St. Luke’s
Mercy
Howard County
Cresco
Winneshiek County
Decorah
DeWitt Community
Finley
Dubuque
Mercy Health Center
Central Community
Elkader
Guttenberg Municipal
Peoples Memorial
Independence
U of I Hospitals
Delaware County
Manchester
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Marengo Memorial
John McDonald
Monticello
Muscatine General
Mercy, Oelwein
Postville Community
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Virginia Gay
Vinton
Washington County
Arene
St. Francis
Waterloo