Kidney Failure Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from the blood, either suddenly or as a worsening of chronic disease. Treatment typically involves IV fluids, adjusting medications, and frequent lab tests to track kidney function.
State average
$16,148
gross charge · DRG 684
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$2,977 – $46,390
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,977 at Myrtue 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
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $2,977Cash pay $1,727 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $3,010 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $3,795Cash pay $2,657 - 4
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $3,966Cash pay $2,776 - 5
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $7,998Cash pay $4,799 - 6
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $8,007Cash pay $6,405 - 7
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $11,092 - 8
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $11,131Cash pay $7,792 - 9
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 10
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 11
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 12
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 13
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 14
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 15
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 16
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 17
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 18
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 19
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 20
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 21
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 22
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 23
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 24
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $17,820Cash pay $11,583 - 25
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $22,647Cash pay $9,059 - 26
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $29,865Cash pay $19,412 - 27
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $46,390Cash pay $27,834 - 28
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 32
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 33
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 35
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 36
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 39
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 46
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price kidney failure (Medicare DRG 684) anywhere from $2,977 to $46,390 — a $43,413 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $16,148.
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 kidney 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 kidney 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 kidney failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 684 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.