COPD Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$12,701
gross charge · DRG 192
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$1,832 – $49,040
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,832 at Washington County Hospital and 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
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $1,832Cash pay $1,374 - 2
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $3,204 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,241Cash pay $2,969 - 4
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $6,715Cash pay $3,492 - 5
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $6,903Cash pay $4,004 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $7,051Cash pay $4,936 - 7
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $7,459 - 8
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $8,847Cash pay $7,077 - 9
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $11,553Cash pay $10,398 - 10
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $13,160Cash pay $10,528 - 11
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $14,330Cash pay $8,598 - 12
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $14,470Cash pay $11,576 - 13
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $14,715Cash pay $10,301 - 14
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $16,600Cash pay $13,280 - 15
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $16,751Cash pay $6,700 - 16
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $19,051Cash pay $12,383 - 17
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $49,040Cash pay $19,616 - 18
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 19
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 22
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 23
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 24
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 25
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 28
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,213 - 36
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 37
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 192) anywhere from $1,832 to $49,040 — a $47,208 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $12,701.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 192 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.