Cellulitis Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.
State average
$29,984
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
32
with published pricing
Price range
$6,749 – $169,740
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $6,749Cash pay $6,074 - 2
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $7,657Cash pay $5,436 - 3
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $8,105Cash pay $6,484 - 4
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $9,390Cash pay $6,573 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $10,138Cash pay $8,111 - 6
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,492Cash pay $8,918 - 7
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $13,297Cash pay $9,308 - 8
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $15,444Cash pay $10,811 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,946 - 10
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $25,941Cash pay $20,752 - 11
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $27,867Cash pay $11,147 - 12
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $29,320Cash pay $17,592 - 13
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $29,322Cash pay $17,593 - 14
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $30,768Cash pay $23,076 - 15
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 16
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 17
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 18
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 19
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325Medicare pays (avg) $8,937 - 20
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 21
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 22
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 23
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 24
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 25
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 26
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 27
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 28
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 29
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 30
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $31,269Cash pay $20,325 - 31
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $46,022Cash pay $29,914 - 32
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $169,740Cash pay $101,844 - 33
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 37
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,682 - 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
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge — - 52
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 602) anywhere from $6,749 to $169,740 — a $162,991 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $29,984.
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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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.