Bone Cancer & Weakened-Bone Fractures Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Broken bones that occur because disease — such as cancer or severe bone thinning — has weakened the bone, or cancers involving the bones, muscles, or connective tissue. The stay involves pain control, imaging, and planning further treatment.
State average
$31,239
gross charge · DRG 543
Hospitals
28
with published pricing
Price range
$4,935 – $72,723
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,935 at Audubon County Memorial Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $4,935 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $6,791Cash pay $4,754 - 3
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $7,118Cash pay $4,271 - 4
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $8,765Cash pay $7,889 - 5
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,116Cash pay $8,599 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $10,854Cash pay $7,598 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $14,781Cash pay $8,573 - 8
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $19,144Cash pay $11,486 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $24,877 - 10
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $24,975Cash pay $9,990 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802Medicare pays (avg) $5,996 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $38,156Cash pay $24,802 - 27
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $59,099Cash pay $38,414Medicare pays (avg) $5,561 - 28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $72,723Cash pay $29,089 - 29
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 33
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 34
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,767 - 35
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 36
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 47
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,055
Iowa hospitals price bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures (Medicare DRG 543) anywhere from $4,935 to $72,723 — a $67,787 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $31,239.
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 bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures 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 bone cancer & weakened-bone fractures in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 543 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.