Heart Failure Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$22,213
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
42
with published pricing
Price range
$2,298 – $46,441
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,298 at Washington County Hospital and Clinics) 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
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $2,298Cash pay $1,724 - 2
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $5,336 - 3
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $5,935 - 4
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $6,297 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $6,687Cash pay $5,350 - 6
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $8,171Cash pay $4,903 - 7
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $8,481Cash pay $5,937 - 8
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $9,229Cash pay $7,383 - 9
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $9,248Cash pay $7,398 - 10
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $9,581Cash pay $6,803 - 11
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $9,730Cash pay $7,784 - 12
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $9,784Cash pay $5,870 - 13
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $11,407Cash pay $9,126 - 14
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $12,185Cash pay $8,529 - 15
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $13,200Cash pay $7,920 - 16
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $13,680Cash pay $7,934 - 17
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $18,016Cash pay $12,611 - 18
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,387 - 19
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $18,833Cash pay $15,067 - 20
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $19,371Cash pay $10,073 - 21
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $19,394Cash pay $14,546Medicare pays (avg) $9,204 - 22
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $21,629Cash pay $8,651 - 23
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $24,006Cash pay $19,204 - 24
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $7,890 - 25
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $7,737 - 26
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $8,635 - 27
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $8,512 - 28
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $7,711 - 29
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $9,315 - 30
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516Medicare pays (avg) $8,413 - 31
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 32
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 33
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 34
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 35
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 36
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 37
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 38
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 39
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $33,102Cash pay $21,516 - 40
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $33,589Cash pay $30,230 - 41
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $42,412Cash pay $16,965Medicare pays (avg) $10,418 - 42
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $46,441Cash pay $30,187Medicare pays (avg) $7,803 - 43
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,206 - 44
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,122 - 45
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,261 - 46
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,247 - 47
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,384 - 48
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,634 - 49
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,697 - 50
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,435 - 51
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,455 - 52
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,161 - 53
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,929 - 54
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 56Gross charge —
- 57
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 58
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 59
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 60
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,898 - 61
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 62
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $2,298 to $46,441 — a $44,143 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $22,213.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.