C-Section Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$20,480
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
34
with published pricing
Price range
$6,334 – $51,372
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $6,334Cash pay $4,434 - 2
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $9,055Cash pay $7,244 - 3
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $9,684Cash pay $7,747 - 4
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $14,137Cash pay $8,199 - 5
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $14,415Cash pay $11,532 - 6
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $16,034 - 7
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $17,735Cash pay $13,302 - 8
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $18,384Cash pay $12,869 - 9
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $18,485Cash pay $14,788 - 10
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 11
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 12
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 13
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 14
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 15
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 16
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 17
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 18
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 19
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 20
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 21
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 22
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 23
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 24
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 25
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $19,013Cash pay $12,358 - 26
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $19,656Cash pay $15,725 - 27
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $20,000Cash pay $17,000 - 28
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $20,461Cash pay $16,368 - 29
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $21,906Cash pay $15,334 - 30
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $23,983 - 31
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $32,419Cash pay $19,451 - 32
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $37,854Cash pay $15,142 - 33
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $40,211Cash pay $26,137 - 34
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $51,372Cash pay $20,549 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 39
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 40
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 42
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 53
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 788) anywhere from $6,334 to $51,372 — a $45,038 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City. The state average sits at $20,480.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Iowa, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.