Bowel Obstruction Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that stops food and fluid from passing through. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel with intravenous fluids, and sometimes a tube through the nose to relieve pressure, while the blockage clears.
State average
$10,487
gross charge · DRG 390
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$2,027 – $30,077
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,027 at Myrtue Medical Center) 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
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $2,027Cash pay $1,176 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $2,559Cash pay $1,919 - 3
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $2,825 - 4
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $3,594Cash pay $2,516 - 5
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $3,920Cash pay $2,352 - 6
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $4,843Cash pay $3,874 - 7
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $5,220Cash pay $4,437 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $5,319Cash pay $3,191 - 9
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $5,727Cash pay $4,295 - 10
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $6,284 - 11
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $6,861Cash pay $4,803 - 12
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,486Cash pay $5,989 - 13
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $8,370Cash pay $5,859 - 14
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $9,101Cash pay $7,281 - 15
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $9,181Cash pay $8,263 - 16
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $11,577Cash pay $8,219 - 17
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $11,987Cash pay $9,590 - 18
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $12,334Cash pay $6,414 - 19
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,838 - 20
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $22,233Cash pay $8,893 - 21
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $24,198Cash pay $14,519 - 22
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $26,630Cash pay $17,310Medicare pays (avg) $2,756 - 23
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $30,077Cash pay $12,031 - 24
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 28
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,180 - 29
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,384 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price bowel obstruction (Medicare DRG 390) anywhere from $2,027 to $30,077 — a $28,050 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $10,487.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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 bowel obstruction at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bowel obstruction admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 bowel obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 390 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.