Major Chest Injury Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A serious injury to the chest, such as multiple broken ribs or a bruised lung. Hospital care focuses on pain control, breathing support, and monitoring for internal injuries.
State average
$24,940
gross charge · DRG 184
Hospitals
27
with published pricing
Price range
$4,511 – $33,806
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,511 at Winnmed) 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
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $4,511Cash pay $3,158 - 2
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $5,613Cash pay $2,919 - 3
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $6,285Cash pay $3,771 - 4
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,030Cash pay $4,921 - 5
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $7,096Cash pay $6,386 - 6
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $8,486Cash pay $6,789 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $8,728Cash pay $5,062 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $11,337Cash pay $6,802 - 9
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $16,585Cash pay $13,268 - 10
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $23,329Cash pay $9,332 - 11
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $33,497Cash pay $21,773 - 12
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 13
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 14
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 15
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 16
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 17
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 18
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 19
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 20
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 21
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 22
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 23
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 24
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 25
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 26
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 27
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $33,806Cash pay $21,974 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,374 - 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 major chest injury (Medicare DRG 184) anywhere from $4,511 to $33,806 — a $29,294 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Winnmed in Decorah; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $24,940.
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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 184 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.