C-Section Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.
State average
$22,996
gross charge · DRG 787
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$7,378 – $58,025
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,378Cash pay $5,165 - 2
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $13,118Cash pay $10,494 - 3
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $13,451Cash pay $7,802 - 4
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $16,561Cash pay $13,249 - 5
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $18,457 - 6
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $19,607Cash pay $15,686 - 7
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 9
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 10
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 12
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 13
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 14
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 15
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 16
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 17
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 20
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 21
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 22
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $19,959Cash pay $12,973 - 23
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $20,038Cash pay $16,030 - 24
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $23,573Cash pay $16,501 - 25
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $24,827Cash pay $18,620 - 26
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $25,346 - 27
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $26,503Cash pay $22,527 - 28
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $27,196Cash pay $21,756 - 29
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $32,796Cash pay $19,678 - 30
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $33,645Cash pay $13,458 - 31
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $34,425Cash pay $24,097 - 32
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $44,591Cash pay $28,984 - 33
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $58,025Cash pay $23,210 - 34
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 38
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 53
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 787) anywhere from $7,378 to $58,025 — a $50,647 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 $22,996.
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 787 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.