Diabetes Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
State average
$13,481
gross charge · DRG 639
Hospitals
32
with published pricing
Price range
$3,730 – $33,584
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,730 at Mitchell County Regional Health Center) 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
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $3,730Cash pay $3,357 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,104Cash pay $2,873 - 3
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $4,832Cash pay $3,866 - 4
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $5,147Cash pay $3,603 - 5
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $5,914Cash pay $4,731 - 6
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $6,078Cash pay $4,862 - 7
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $6,406Cash pay $3,844 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $6,452Cash pay $3,871 - 9
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,639Cash pay $3,983 - 10
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $8,304Cash pay $4,817 - 11
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $10,514Cash pay $7,885 - 12
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $10,621 - 13
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $13,628Cash pay $10,902 - 14
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,195Cash pay $11,337 - 15
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 16
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 17
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 18
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 19
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 20
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 21
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 22
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 23
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 24
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 25
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 26
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 27
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 28
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 29
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 30
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $17,006Cash pay $11,054 - 31
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $17,146Cash pay $6,858 - 32
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $33,584Cash pay $21,830 - 33
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 37
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 39
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 53
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 639) anywhere from $3,730 to $33,584 — a $29,854 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $13,481.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 639 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.