Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$15,024
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$3,473 – $27,099
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,473 at Cass County Memorial 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
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $3,473Cash pay $2,431 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,877Cash pay $3,414 - 3
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,896Cash pay $6,320 - 4
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $13,115Cash pay $7,869 - 5
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $13,694Cash pay $8,216 - 6
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $14,967Cash pay $11,973 - 7
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $15,953Cash pay $9,572 - 8
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $17,277Cash pay $6,911 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $21,177 - 10
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $22,736Cash pay $20,463 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $27,099Cash pay $17,614 - 12
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 13
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 14
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 16
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 17
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 18
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 19
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 153) anywhere from $3,473 to $27,099 — a $23,626 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $15,024.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 153 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.