Cellulitis Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$18,031
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
43
with published pricing
Price range
$5,321 – $31,789
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $5,321Cash pay $3,725 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,754Cash pay $4,028 - 3
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $5,843Cash pay $4,674 - 4
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $6,667 - 5
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $6,679 - 6
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $7,826Cash pay $6,261 - 7
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $9,711Cash pay $7,769 - 8
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $10,023Cash pay $7,517 - 9
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $10,083Cash pay $8,066 - 10
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $10,467Cash pay $8,373 - 11
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $10,593Cash pay $5,508 - 12
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $10,600Cash pay $6,360 - 13
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $11,778Cash pay $8,834 - 14
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $13,524Cash pay $10,819 - 15
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $13,597Cash pay $11,558 - 16
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $13,670Cash pay $7,928 - 17
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $13,991Cash pay $12,592 - 18
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $15,567Cash pay $11,675 - 19
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $16,195 - 20
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $17,813Cash pay $12,647 - 21
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $18,063Cash pay $12,644 - 22
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $19,192 - 23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $19,259Cash pay $11,556 - 24
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $21,423Cash pay $8,569 - 25
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 26
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947Medicare pays (avg) $4,833 - 27
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947Medicare pays (avg) $5,781 - 28
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 29
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947Medicare pays (avg) $4,838 - 30
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 31
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947Medicare pays (avg) $3,659 - 32
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 33
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 34
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 35
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 36
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 37
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 38
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 39
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 40
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $24,534Cash pay $15,947 - 41
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $25,791Cash pay $10,316 - 42
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $31,561Cash pay $18,937 - 43
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $31,789Cash pay $20,663Medicare pays (avg) $4,750 - 44
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 48
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,545 - 49
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,643 - 50
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,575 - 51
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,722 - 53
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,374 - 54
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 57Gross charge —
- 58
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 59
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 60
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 61
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,126 - 62
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 63
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 603) anywhere from $5,321 to $31,789 — a $26,468 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $18,031.
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 603 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.