Diabetes Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes that has become dangerously out of control, with very high or very low blood sugar or serious related problems. Care involves insulin and intravenous fluids, frequent blood sugar checks, and treatment of the complications that made the stay necessary.
State average
$22,442
gross charge · DRG 637
Hospitals
30
with published pricing
Price range
$4,777 – $59,848
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,777 at Boone 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
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $4,777Cash pay $3,822 - 2
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $5,734Cash pay $3,440 - 3
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $5,794Cash pay $3,476 - 4
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $5,830Cash pay $3,381 - 5
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $9,369 - 6
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $9,492Cash pay $6,644 - 7
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $10,276Cash pay $8,221 - 8
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $15,726Cash pay $14,153 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $16,355 - 10
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $17,039Cash pay $11,927 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573Medicare pays (avg) $9,009 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $25,497Cash pay $16,573 - 27
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $30,099Cash pay $25,584 - 28
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $35,078Cash pay $24,555 - 29
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $39,885Cash pay $25,925 - 30
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $59,848Cash pay $35,909 - 31
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 35
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 36
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,577 - 37
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,250 - 39
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,599 - 42
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
- 46
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,039 - 50
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 637) anywhere from $4,777 to $59,848 — a $55,071 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Boone County Hospital in Boone; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $22,442.
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 637 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.