Iowa / Broadlawns Medical Center
CMS certification 160101 · Des Moines, IA · 4 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Broadlawns Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments
Broadlawns Medical Center reported 92 Medicare inpatient stays across 3 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 2.25 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 885, Psychoses: 59 stays at an average charge of $54,785, 24% above the national average. It also billed 804 outpatient services, charging 5.31 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 92
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 2.25×
- 3Rank in IA (highest ratio = 1) –
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 4
Inpatient stays
For the 3 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Broadlawns Medical Center charged more than the national average in 1 (33%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 885 Psychoses | 59 | $54,785 | +24% | $23,926 |
| 897 Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation... | 22 | $35,681 | -4% | $15,567 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 11 | $29,298 | -49% | $15,926 |
Outpatient services
| Service (APC) | Services | Avg charge | Medicare allowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Observation Services | 129 | $12,636 | $2,306 |
| Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 118 | $965 | $586 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 91 | $7,220 | $1,965 |
| Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 71 | $16,562 | $4,413 |
| Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 70 | $12,910 | $2,992 |
| Level 4 ENT Procedures | 62 | $5,199 | $2,763 |
| Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 48 | $6,186 | $1,748 |
| Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 41 | $8,400 | $1,392 |
| Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 30 | $6,287 | $1,657 |
| Level 5 Airway Endoscopy | 25 | $41,381 | $5,874 |
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 23 | $28,694 | $11,283 |
| Level 3 Intraocular Procedures | 23 | $16,425 | $4,486 |
| Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | $5,728 | $1,379 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 16 | $43,533 | $6,140 |
| Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 14 | $96,655 | $15,963 |
| Level 6 Urology and Related Services | 14 | $30,569 | $7,907 |
| Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 11 | $15,430 | $2,778 |
Against the Iowa average
For Psychoses (DRG 885), Broadlawns Medical Center charged $54,785 on average, 108% more than the Iowa average of $26,385, and was paid $23,926 against a state average of $11,411. For Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without MCC (DRG 897), Broadlawns Medical Center charged $35,681 on average, 50% more than the Iowa average of $23,709, and was paid $15,567 against a state average of $7,641. For Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure (DRG 189), Broadlawns Medical Center charged $29,298 on average, 26% less than the Iowa average of $39,347, and was paid $15,926 against a state average of $10,151. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $12,636 was 28% below the state average of $17,461. For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $965 was 83% below the state average of $5,820. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $7,220 was 24% below the state average of $9,485. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $16,562 was 25% below the state average of $21,940.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, IA, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Warning Notice — 2024-09-04 (CMS case 2591)
- CAP Request — 2024-12-09 (CMS case 2591)
- Closure Notice — 2025-02-13 (CMS case 2591)
- Warning Notice — 2026-06-09 (CMS case 8003)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.