Groin Hernia Repair Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to repair a hernia in the groin, where tissue bulges through a weak spot in the lower abdominal wall. The stay covers the repair operation and initial recovery.
State average
$52,125
gross charge · DRG 351
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$10,072 – $59,434
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $10,072Cash pay $7,050 - 2
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $11,570Cash pay $8,099 - 3
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,373Cash pay $11,461 - 4
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $53,539Cash pay $34,801 - 5
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 6
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 7
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 8
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 9
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 10
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 11
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 12
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 13
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 14
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 15
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 16
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 17
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 18
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 19
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 20
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $59,434Cash pay $38,632 - 21
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 25
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 26
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 27
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 28
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price groin hernia repair (Medicare DRG 351) anywhere from $10,072 to $59,434 — a $49,363 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $52,125.
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 groin hernia repair 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 groin hernia repair 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 groin hernia repair in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 351 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.