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Radon Test Kits in Iowa
In Des Moines, the Polk County Health Department sells radon test kits for $15 at the front desk. Separately, the American Lung Association and Iowa HHS offer one free kit per household while supplies last. That free distribution is limited to 11 counties, and the order form depends on which county you live in. The HHS page still does not list a dollar price for its low-cost kits.
Last verified October 1, 2026. Confirm the official page before you travel. Prices and stock change.
State test kit options
Polk County Health Department radon kits
The Polk County Health Department offers radon test kits for $15 at the front desk on Carpenter Avenue in Des Moines.
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$15 at the front desk.
Buy a kit at the front desk. The page also links American Lung Association kits and the Iowa Radon Hotline at 1-800-383-5992.
Polk County Health Department front desk
1907 Carpenter Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Phone: 515-286-3798
The page lists short-term kits (2 to 7 days) and long-term kits (up to 90 days) as testing options. It states the $15 price for kits at the front desk and does not split that price by kit length. Email on the page: [email protected].
Iowa radon hotline and test kits
Iowa HHS points you to the Radon Hotline and to American Lung Association kits. It does not list a dollar price on the page we checked.
Iowa HHS calls these low-cost kits. The page we checked does not list a dollar price.
Call the Iowa Radon Hotline at 1-800-383-5992, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central, or order through the American Lung Association at lung.org/radon. You can also ask your county health department.
Order link published by the agency
Iowa HHS says it contracts with the American Lung Association to staff the hotline. After hours, the hotline records a message. The hotline hours on this HHS page are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central. A separate American Lung Association page lists different helpline hours and a limited free kit. That free kit is its own record.
Iowa free radon test kit program
The American Lung Association, with Iowa HHS, offers one free radon kit per household while supplies last, and limits this year's distribution to 11 counties.
Who it is for. Iowa residents, one kit per household while supplies last. This year's Lung Association distribution is only for residents of 11 counties. Other counties use a different form on the same page.
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One free kit per household while supplies last.
Black Hawk, Scott, and Polk order on the Lung Association form. Boone, Dallas, Dubuque, Johnson, Linn, Pottawattamie, Story, Warren, and Woodbury may use that form, and the Lung Association may tell you to reorder through Healthy Hometowns: Combat Cancer. Every other county uses the Healthy Hometowns form on the same page. Iowa Radon HelpLine on that page: 1-800-383-5992, weekdays 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Order link published by the agency
The page was last updated September 25, 2026. The Healthy Hometowns form linked there is https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=TcohubbnzEKVKNCd4jQaD_u6bhNQJGpGvuAZkJAVzSNURUowRVE4UkVCUzBHWlFMNUJVN0lPOTdVRC4u&route=shorturl. Those helpline hours are longer than the hours on the Iowa HHS radon page. Keep both. A note that the paid kit store would be down on September 28, 2026 is out of date and is not repeated here. This is not the Polk County $15 counter.