Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$33,573
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$5,441 – $73,232
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $5,441Cash pay $2,829 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $7,887 - 3
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $8,313Cash pay $7,481 - 4
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,101Cash pay $8,585 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $10,296Cash pay $7,207 - 6
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,195 - 7
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $34,080Cash pay $22,152 - 8
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 9
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 10
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 11
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 12
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 13
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 14
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 15
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 16
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 17
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 18
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 19
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 21
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 22
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 23
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $39,888Cash pay $25,928 - 24
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $73,232Cash pay $29,293 - 25
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 29
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,008 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 43
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price fluid around the lung (Medicare DRG 186) anywhere from $5,441 to $73,232 — a $67,791 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Waverly Health Center in Waverly; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $33,573.
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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.