C-Section Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$24,694
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
26
with published pricing
Price range
$10,897 – $64,159
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $10,897Cash pay $7,628 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $12,028Cash pay $6,976 - 3
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 4
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 5
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 6
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 7
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 8
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 9
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 10
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 11
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 12
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 13
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 14
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 15
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 16
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 17
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 18
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $19,807Cash pay $12,875 - 19
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $22,022Cash pay $18,719 - 20
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $24,733Cash pay $17,313 - 21
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $25,048Cash pay $20,039 - 22
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $30,242 - 23
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $37,725Cash pay $15,090 - 24
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $48,884Cash pay $29,331 - 25
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $49,376Cash pay $32,094 - 26
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $64,159Cash pay $25,664 - 27
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 786) anywhere from $10,897 to $64,159 — a $53,262 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 $24,694.
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 786 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.