Lung Cancer & Chest Tumors Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for cancer or tumors of the lung or airways, often to manage symptoms like breathing trouble, fluid buildup, or infection. Care can include oxygen, medications, and procedures to ease breathing.
State average
$11,656
gross charge · DRG 181
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$1,389 – $63,363
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,389 at Mitchell County Regional Health 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
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $1,389Cash pay $1,250 - 2
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $1,749 - 3
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $3,310Cash pay $1,721 - 4
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $3,764Cash pay $2,635 - 5
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $6,430Cash pay $4,501 - 6
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $6,486Cash pay $5,188 - 7
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $7,009 - 8
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,076Cash pay $4,953 - 9
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $9,326Cash pay $5,409 - 10
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $18,314Cash pay $15,567 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $63,363Cash pay $41,186 - 12
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 13
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 14
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 16
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 17
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 18
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 19
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price lung cancer & chest tumors (Medicare DRG 181) anywhere from $1,389 to $63,363 — a $61,975 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $11,656.
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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 181 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.