Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$68,914
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$17,609 – $158,364
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $17,609Cash pay $14,087 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $32,627Cash pay $22,839 - 3
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $36,514Cash pay $31,037 - 4
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $44,172Cash pay $33,129Medicare pays (avg) $38,611 - 5
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $69,251 - 6
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589Medicare pays (avg) $29,223 - 8
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589Medicare pays (avg) $37,899 - 9
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589Medicare pays (avg) $29,132 - 10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589Medicare pays (avg) $30,450 - 11
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 12
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589Medicare pays (avg) $32,714 - 13
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 14
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 16
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 17
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 18
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 19
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 21
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $71,675Cash pay $46,589 - 22
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $79,689Cash pay $31,876 - 23
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $158,364Cash pay $102,936 - 24
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,058 - 27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,709 - 28
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,622 - 29
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,214 - 30
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,321 - 31
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,131 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,654 - 34
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,860 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,873 - 43
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price infection requiring surgery (Medicare DRG 853) anywhere from $17,609 to $158,364 — a $140,754 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Boone County Hospital in Boone; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $68,914.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.