Heart Attack Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$17,802
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
35
with published pricing
Price range
$4,609 – $63,185
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,609 at Buena Vista Regional 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
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $4,609Cash pay $3,687 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $4,822 - 3
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,865Cash pay $6,292 - 4
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $9,107 - 5
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $9,604Cash pay $6,723 - 6
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $10,148Cash pay $7,611 - 7
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $10,344Cash pay $6,207 - 8
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $10,598Cash pay $7,418 - 9
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $10,929Cash pay $7,651 - 10
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $12,052Cash pay $6,990 - 11
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $12,296Cash pay $6,394 - 12
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $12,468Cash pay $9,975 - 13
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $16,432 - 14
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $9,688 - 16
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $11,308 - 17
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $9,456 - 18
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $9,795 - 19
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $12,553 - 20
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332Medicare pays (avg) $10,401 - 21
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 22
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 23
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 24
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 25
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 26
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 27
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 28
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 29
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $17,434Cash pay $11,332 - 30
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $18,358Cash pay $7,343 - 31
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $20,000Cash pay $12,000 - 32
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $20,161Cash pay $17,137 - 33
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $36,736Cash pay $22,042 - 34
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $54,396Cash pay $21,758Medicare pays (avg) $11,168 - 35
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $63,185Cash pay $41,070Medicare pays (avg) $9,596 - 36
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,147 - 39
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,168 - 40
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,824 - 41
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,807 - 42
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,749 - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,768 - 45
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,414 - 46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 53
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,126 - 54
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price heart attack (Medicare DRG 280) anywhere from $4,609 to $63,185 — a $58,576 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $17,802.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in Iowa, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 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.