Heart Failure Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
The heart isn't pumping as strongly as it should, causing fluid buildup and shortness of breath. Treatment usually involves IV medicines to remove extra fluid and adjustments to heart medications.
State average
$13,833
gross charge · DRG 293
Hospitals
32
with published pricing
Price range
$1,946 – $26,978
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,946 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 $1,946Cash pay $1,459 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,391 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $3,739Cash pay $2,618 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $5,635Cash pay $3,381 - 5
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $7,194Cash pay $5,036 - 6
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,282Cash pay $5,825 - 7
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $7,520Cash pay $4,512 - 8
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $9,885Cash pay $8,897 - 9
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,349Cash pay $6,002 - 10
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $13,010Cash pay $10,408 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $13,281Cash pay $8,633 - 12
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $13,770Cash pay $11,016 - 13
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 14
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 15
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 17
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 18
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 19
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 20
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 21
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 22
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 23
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 24
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 25
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 26
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 27
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 28
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $16,164Cash pay $10,506 - 29
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $17,375 - 30
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $19,659Cash pay $7,864 - 31
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $24,017Cash pay $9,607 - 32
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $26,978Cash pay $18,884 - 33
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 37
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 38
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 51
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 293) anywhere from $1,946 to $26,978 — a $25,032 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington; the most expensive is Winnmed in Decorah. The state average sits at $13,833.
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 293 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.