Collapsed Lung Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A collapsed lung (pneumothorax) happens when air leaks into the space around the lung. Treatment often involves a small chest tube to remove the air so the lung can re-expand, with monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$16,067
gross charge · DRG 201
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$4,724 – $54,375
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,724 at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics) 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
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,724Cash pay $3,307 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $5,668Cash pay $4,251 - 3
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $6,239Cash pay $3,744 - 4
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,126Cash pay $5,701 - 5
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $9,120Cash pay $4,742 - 6
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $9,616Cash pay $6,731 - 7
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $12,263Cash pay $8,584 - 8
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $12,299Cash pay $7,134 - 9
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $17,933Cash pay $7,173 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $37,378 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $54,375Cash pay $35,344 - 12
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 13
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 14
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 16
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 17
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 18
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 19
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 20
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 23
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price collapsed lung (Medicare DRG 201) anywhere from $4,724 to $54,375 — a $49,651 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $16,067.
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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung 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 collapsed lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 201 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.