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. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.
State average
$15,288
gross charge · DRG 191
Hospitals
34
with published pricing
Price range
$3,360 – $35,436
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,360 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 $3,360Cash pay $2,520 - 2
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $5,304Cash pay $4,243 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,569Cash pay $3,899 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $5,630Cash pay $3,378 - 5
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $7,138Cash pay $5,711 - 6
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $9,626Cash pay $7,700 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,672Cash pay $6,190 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $12,519Cash pay $7,511 - 9
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $12,604Cash pay $8,823 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $13,238 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614Medicare pays (avg) $4,279 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $14,790Cash pay $9,614 - 27
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $15,460Cash pay $8,039 - 28
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $18,285Cash pay $16,456 - 29
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $22,130Cash pay $17,704 - 30
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $22,656Cash pay $15,859 - 31
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $25,595Cash pay $10,238 - 32
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $27,890Cash pay $22,312 - 33
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $30,028Cash pay $12,011 - 34
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $35,436Cash pay $23,033Medicare pays (avg) $4,569 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 39
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 40
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 42
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 53
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 191) anywhere from $3,360 to $35,436 — a $32,076 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $15,288.
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 191 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.