Bronchitis & Asthma Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An asthma attack or bronchitis flare-up that needs inpatient care. Treatment typically includes breathing treatments, steroid medicines, and oxygen monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$11,373
gross charge · DRG 203
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$2,901 – $28,149
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,901 at Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)) 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
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $2,901Cash pay $2,320 - 2
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $3,236Cash pay $2,589 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,426Cash pay $3,098 - 4
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $4,433Cash pay $2,305 - 5
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $6,463Cash pay $3,878 - 6
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $9,266Cash pay $3,706 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,229Cash pay $5,933 - 8
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $14,148Cash pay $9,904 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $16,375 - 10
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $25,474Cash pay $15,284 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $28,149Cash pay $18,297 - 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 — - 18
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 19
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 20
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 23
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $790 - 31
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price bronchitis & asthma (Medicare DRG 203) anywhere from $2,901 to $28,149 — a $25,248 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS) in Orange City; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $11,373.
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 bronchitis & asthma 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 bronchitis & asthma 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 bronchitis & asthma in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 203 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.