Degenerative Brain & Nerve Disorders Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A progressive brain or nerve condition, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or ALS, that needs inpatient care. The stay focuses on managing symptoms, adjusting medicines, and planning for safe care after discharge.
State average
$29,773
gross charge · DRG 057
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$3,833 – $103,582
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,833 at Wayne County Hospital) 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
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $3,833 - 2
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $7,134Cash pay $6,421 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $7,987Cash pay $5,591 - 4
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $8,432Cash pay $5,987 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $8,559Cash pay $5,992 - 6
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $11,286Cash pay $6,772 - 7
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $12,695Cash pay $10,156 - 8
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $15,950 - 9
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $16,075Cash pay $12,860 - 10
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $23,234Cash pay $18,588 - 11
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $23,906Cash pay $19,125 - 12
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $24,155Cash pay $16,908 - 13
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $27,580Cash pay $23,443 - 14
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $45,284Cash pay $18,113 - 15
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $53,086Cash pay $34,506 - 16
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $55,613Cash pay $33,368 - 17
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $87,517Cash pay $35,007 - 18
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $103,582Cash pay $62,149 - 19
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 23
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 24
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 26
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,461 - 27
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 30
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price degenerative brain & nerve disorders (Medicare DRG 057) anywhere from $3,833 to $103,582 — a $99,749 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $29,773.
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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders 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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders 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 degenerative brain & nerve disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 057 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.