Ames, IA

Prices in Ames

The same thing, priced very differently a few miles apart. Every number links to its source.

Published hospital prices · Ames

Published knee arthroscopy listings differ by
1.3× between hospitals.

Knee arthroscopy, same billing code. Published self-pay prices at 2 hospitals.

Lower price

$1,221

Boone County Hospital

Higher price

$1,556

Story County Medical Center

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