Newborn with Significant Problems Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A newborn with a health issue after birth — such as feeding difficulty, jaundice, or mild breathing trouble — that needs extra monitoring or treatment before going home.
State average
$6,862
gross charge · DRG 794
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$2,046 – $9,751
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,046 at Crawford County Memorial 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
Crawford County Memorial Hospital
Denison, IA
Gross charge $2,046Cash pay $1,637 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $3,007Cash pay $1,744 - 3
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $3,425Cash pay $2,740 - 4
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $3,499Cash pay $2,799 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $3,666Cash pay $2,933 - 6
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $3,996 - 7
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $4,691Cash pay $3,284 - 8
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $4,777Cash pay $3,344 - 9
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $4,816Cash pay $1,927 - 10
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $4,857Cash pay $3,885 - 11
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $4,996 - 12
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $6,053Cash pay $3,934 - 13
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $6,401Cash pay $3,329 - 14
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $6,775Cash pay $5,081 - 15
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,836Cash pay $4,101 - 16
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 17
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 18
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 19
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 20
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 21
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 22
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 23
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 24
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 25
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 26
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 27
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 28
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 29
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 30
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 31
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $8,633Cash pay $5,612 - 32
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $8,716Cash pay $3,486 - 33
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $9,751Cash pay $6,825 - 34
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 38
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 42
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 45
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 48Gross charge —
- 49
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 52
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price newborn with significant problems (Medicare DRG 794) anywhere from $2,046 to $9,751 — a $7,704 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison; the most expensive is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak. The state average sits at $6,862.
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 newborn with significant problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For newborn with significant problems in Iowa, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 newborn with significant problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 794 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.