Breast Cancer Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for breast cancer or problems it causes, managed with medicine and supportive care rather than surgery during this stay. Care may include treating symptoms, infections, or other effects of the cancer.
State average
$33,121
gross charge · DRG 597
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$8,660 – $36,032
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $8,660Cash pay $5,196 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $11,014Cash pay $7,710 - 3
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 4
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 5
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 6
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 7
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 8
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 9
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 10
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 11
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 12
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 13
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 14
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 16
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 17
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 18
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $36,032Cash pay $23,421 - 19
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 23
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 24
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 26
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 27
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 30
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price breast cancer (Medicare DRG 597) anywhere from $8,660 to $36,032 — a $27,371 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $33,121.
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 breast cancer 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 breast cancer 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 breast cancer in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 597 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.