Bone Infection Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An infection inside a bone (osteomyelitis), treated with days of IV antibiotics in the hospital. Imaging and lab tests to identify the infection are a common part of the stay.
State average
$39,353
gross charge · DRG 540
Hospitals
26
with published pricing
Price range
$3,627 – $50,483
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,627 at Mahaska Health) 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
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $3,627Cash pay $3,083 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $8,564Cash pay $5,995 - 3
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $11,632Cash pay $6,746 - 4
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $13,008 - 5
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $17,737Cash pay $12,416 - 6
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $19,941Cash pay $11,965 - 7
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $23,031Cash pay $16,121 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $30,675Cash pay $18,405 - 9
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $40,306Cash pay $32,244 - 10
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $46,942Cash pay $24,410 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $50,483Cash pay $32,814 - 27
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price bone infection (Medicare DRG 540) anywhere from $3,627 to $50,483 — a $46,855 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $39,353.
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 infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 540 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.