General Signs & Symptoms Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Symptoms such as pain, weakness, or fever that need hospital care before a clear diagnosis is made. The stay centers on observation and testing to find the cause, along with treatment of serious accompanying conditions.
State average
$18,527
gross charge · DRG 947
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$2,102 – $69,301
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,102 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 $2,102Cash pay $1,471 - 2
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $4,358Cash pay $3,486 - 3
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,366Cash pay $3,820 - 4
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $7,837Cash pay $6,270 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $8,386Cash pay $5,870 - 6
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $10,263 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $12,739Cash pay $7,389 - 8
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $15,885Cash pay $12,708 - 9
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,466Cash pay $11,526 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,602 - 11
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $18,937Cash pay $13,445 - 12
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $19,188Cash pay $17,269 - 13
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $23,250Cash pay $17,438 - 14
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $23,397 - 15
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $23,893Cash pay $14,336 - 16
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $33,983Cash pay $13,593 - 17
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $69,301Cash pay $45,046 - 18
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 19
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 22
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 23
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 24
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,903 - 25
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 28
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 36
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price general signs & symptoms (Medicare DRG 947) anywhere from $2,102 to $69,301 — a $67,200 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 $18,527.
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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms 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 general signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 947 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.