Fever & Inflammation Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A fever or body-wide inflammatory reaction that needs hospital care, often without an immediately clear cause. The stay typically involves tests to find the source, IV fluids, and medication.
State average
$18,458
gross charge · DRG 864
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$5,865 – $45,154
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,865Cash pay $4,105 - 2
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $6,582Cash pay $5,924 - 3
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $10,116Cash pay $6,070 - 4
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $11,155Cash pay $7,808 - 5
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $14,140Cash pay $8,484 - 6
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $15,595Cash pay $11,073 - 7
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $15,804Cash pay $12,643 - 8
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $16,948Cash pay $13,558 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $43,221 - 10
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $45,154Cash pay $29,350 - 11
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 12
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 13
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 14
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 15
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 16
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 17
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 18
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 19
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 21
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,643 - 29
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price fever & inflammation (Medicare DRG 864) anywhere from $5,865 to $45,154 — a $39,289 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $18,458.
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 fever & inflammation 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 fever & inflammation 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 fever & inflammation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 864 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.