Lung Cancer Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for cancer of the lung or airways, in patients who also have other serious health problems. Care focuses on managing symptoms such as breathing trouble, along with tests and treatment.
State average
$35,352
gross charge · DRG 180
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$4,518 – $75,567
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,518 at Jefferson County 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
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $4,518Cash pay $2,711 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $8,441Cash pay $4,896 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $11,667Cash pay $8,167 - 4
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $14,739Cash pay $11,791 - 5
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $27,565Cash pay $19,295 - 6
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $29,355Cash pay $20,549 - 7
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050Medicare pays (avg) $11,383 - 9
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 10
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 12
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 13
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 14
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 15
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 16
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 17
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 20
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 21
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 22
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $40,078Cash pay $26,050 - 23
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $75,567Cash pay $49,118 - 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 — - 27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 28
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 29
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,753 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 43
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price lung cancer (Medicare DRG 180) anywhere from $4,518 to $75,567 — a $71,048 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $35,352.
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 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 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 in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 180 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.