Mini-Stroke (TIA) Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A transient ischemic attack (TIA), or "mini-stroke," in which blood flow to part of the brain is briefly blocked and stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own. The stay focuses on brain imaging, heart monitoring, and starting medications to prevent a future stroke.
State average
$29,758
gross charge · DRG 069
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$4,328 – $61,562
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,328 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 $4,328 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,277Cash pay $3,694 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $6,621Cash pay $4,634 - 4
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $8,445Cash pay $5,912 - 5
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $11,711Cash pay $10,540 - 6
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $28,638 - 7
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102Medicare pays (avg) $4,600 - 9
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102Medicare pays (avg) $4,809 - 10
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102Medicare pays (avg) $4,266 - 12
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102Medicare pays (avg) $5,662 - 13
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 14
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 15
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 16
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 17
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 20
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 21
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 22
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $34,002Cash pay $22,102 - 23
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $43,578Cash pay $28,325 - 24
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $61,562Cash pay $24,625 - 25
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 29
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 30
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,335 - 31
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,910 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,410 - 33
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 36
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,083 - 44
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price mini-stroke (tia) (Medicare DRG 069) anywhere from $4,328 to $61,562 — a $57,234 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $29,758.
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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) 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 mini-stroke (tia) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 069 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.