Lung & Breathing Disorders Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Breathing or lung problems that don't fit a more specific category. The stay usually involves oxygen support as needed, breathing treatments, and tests to find the cause.
State average
$14,812
gross charge · DRG 206
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$1,576 – $39,440
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,576 at Wayne County Hospital) 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
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $1,576 - 2
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $1,973Cash pay $1,579 - 3
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $3,304Cash pay $1,982 - 4
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $4,405Cash pay $2,555 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $6,217Cash pay $4,352 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $8,175Cash pay $5,723 - 7
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $10,991Cash pay $5,715 - 8
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $16,233Cash pay $14,610 - 9
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,573Cash pay $11,601 - 10
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $20,277Cash pay $16,221 - 11
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $27,575 - 12
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $35,815Cash pay $21,489 - 13
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $39,440Cash pay $25,636 - 14
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 16
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 17
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 18
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 19
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 20
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 21
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 24
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price lung & breathing disorders (Medicare DRG 206) anywhere from $1,576 to $39,440 — a $37,864 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $14,812.
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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 206 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.