Major Chest Surgery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$56,371
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$16,675 – $89,923
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $16,675Cash pay $11,672 - 2
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 3
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891Medicare pays (avg) $16,222 - 4
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 5
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 6
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 7
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 8
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 9
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 10
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 11
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 12
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 13
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 14
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 15
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 16
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 17
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $56,755Cash pay $36,891 - 18
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $89,923Cash pay $58,450Medicare pays (avg) $15,777 - 19
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 23
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 24
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 25
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 26
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 29
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 37
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 164) anywhere from $16,675 to $89,923 — a $73,248 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $56,371.
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 surgery 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 surgery 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 surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.