GI Obstruction Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for gastrointestinal obstruction with complications — blockage in the intestinal tract.
State average
$20,080
gross charge · DRG 389
Hospitals
36
with published pricing
Price range
$3,947 – $71,226
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,947 at Myrtue Medical Center) 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
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $3,947Cash pay $2,289 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $4,598Cash pay $3,448 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,218Cash pay $3,652 - 4
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $6,249Cash pay $5,624 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $6,605Cash pay $5,284 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $8,589Cash pay $6,013 - 7
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $8,826 - 8
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $11,417Cash pay $9,705 - 9
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $12,163Cash pay $7,298 - 10
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $12,173Cash pay $9,130 - 11
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $12,184Cash pay $7,310 - 12
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $12,707Cash pay $9,530 - 13
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $12,813Cash pay $7,688 - 14
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $15,255Cash pay $10,679 - 15
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $15,260Cash pay $12,208 - 16
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $15,988Cash pay $11,351 - 17
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $18,727Cash pay $14,981 - 18
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $24,481Cash pay $9,792 - 19
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 20
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $4,463 - 21
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $4,884 - 22
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $4,780 - 23
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $4,214 - 24
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 25
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $5,010 - 26
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 27
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 28
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 29
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 30
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 31
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 32
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 33
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 34
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $25,648Cash pay $16,671 - 35
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $34,085Cash pay $22,156Medicare pays (avg) $4,385 - 36
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $71,226 - 37
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 41
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,104 - 42
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,403 - 43
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,336 - 44
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,020 - 46
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 47
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 50Gross charge —
- 51
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 54
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,377 - 55
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price gi obstruction (Medicare DRG 389) anywhere from $3,947 to $71,226 — a $67,279 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan; the most expensive is St Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. The state average sits at $20,080.
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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 389 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.