Back Problems Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$21,053
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$8,791 – $48,339
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $8,791Cash pay $4,571 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $9,622Cash pay $5,581 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $9,941Cash pay $6,959 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $11,006Cash pay $6,604 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $11,073Cash pay $7,751 - 6
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $15,835Cash pay $11,084 - 7
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $17,537Cash pay $14,030 - 8
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $22,852Cash pay $9,141 - 9
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $28,939Cash pay $23,152 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $47,647 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $48,339Cash pay $31,420 - 12
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 13
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 14
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 16
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 17
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,046 - 18
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,227 - 19
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price back problems (Medicare DRG 551) anywhere from $8,791 to $48,339 — a $39,548 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Waverly Health Center in Waverly; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $21,053.
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 back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems 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 back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 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.