Cardiac Arrhythmia Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm, such as atrial fibrillation. The hospital stay typically involves continuous heart monitoring and medicines to bring the heart's rate and rhythm under control.
State average
$15,893
gross charge · DRG 309
Hospitals
36
with published pricing
Price range
$2,646 – $35,049
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,646 at Wayne County Hospital) 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
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,646 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,860Cash pay $3,402 - 3
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $7,808Cash pay $6,246 - 4
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $7,977Cash pay $3,191 - 5
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $8,312Cash pay $6,650 - 6
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $8,994Cash pay $6,296 - 7
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $9,129Cash pay $6,391 - 8
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $9,417 - 9
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $9,544Cash pay $5,727 - 10
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $9,992Cash pay $7,994 - 11
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,062Cash pay $8,553 - 12
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $11,833Cash pay $6,863 - 13
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $12,166Cash pay $9,733 - 14
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $12,903Cash pay $9,677 - 15
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $13,096Cash pay $11,786 - 16
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $13,271Cash pay $10,616 - 17
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $15,515Cash pay $9,309 - 18
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $16,657Cash pay $12,493 - 19
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 20
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287Medicare pays (avg) $3,743 - 21
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287Medicare pays (avg) $4,482 - 22
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287Medicare pays (avg) $4,520 - 23
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287Medicare pays (avg) $3,716 - 24
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287Medicare pays (avg) $4,979 - 25
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 26
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 27
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 28
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 29
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 30
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 31
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 32
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 33
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 34
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $20,441Cash pay $13,287 - 35
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $25,866Cash pay $10,347Medicare pays (avg) $5,127 - 36
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $35,049Cash pay $22,782Medicare pays (avg) $4,179 - 37
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,867 - 40
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 41
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,966 - 43
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,670 - 44
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,862 - 45
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,754 - 46
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,957 - 47
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,647 - 48
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 51Gross charge —
- 52
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,442 - 54
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 56
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,253 - 57
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 58
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price cardiac arrhythmia (Medicare DRG 309) anywhere from $2,646 to $35,049 — a $32,403 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $15,893.
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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 309 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.