Infectious Diseases Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Covers bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections that don't fall into a more specific category. A stay typically involves IV medications, fluids, and monitoring while the infection is treated.
State average
$79,570
gross charge · DRG 868
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$6,812 – $90,554
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $6,812Cash pay $4,768 - 2
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $10,540Cash pay $7,378 - 3
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $45,599Cash pay $29,639 - 4
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 5
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 6
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 7
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 8
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 9
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 10
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 11
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 12
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 13
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 14
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 15
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 16
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 17
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 18
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 19
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $90,554Cash pay $58,860 - 20
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 24
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 25
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, 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
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price infectious diseases (Medicare DRG 868) anywhere from $6,812 to $90,554 — a $83,742 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 $79,570.
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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 868 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.