Pneumonia Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,324Cash pay $3,727 - 2
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $5,757 - 3
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $8,709Cash pay $6,967 - 4
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $8,950 - 5
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $10,148Cash pay $6,089 - 6
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,269Cash pay $5,956 - 7
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $10,423Cash pay $8,339 - 8
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $10,624Cash pay $8,499 - 9
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $11,270Cash pay $9,016 - 10
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $11,700 - 11
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $12,014Cash pay $10,812 - 12
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $13,867Cash pay $9,707 - 13
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $14,440Cash pay $11,552 - 14
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $14,562Cash pay $10,921 - 15
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $15,575Cash pay $11,058 - 16
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $15,964Cash pay $11,175 - 17
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $17,161Cash pay $13,729 - 18
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $17,297Cash pay $12,972 - 19
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $17,568Cash pay $9,135 - 20
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $17,777 - 21
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $17,866Cash pay $10,720 - 22
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $18,357Cash pay $15,603 - 23
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $19,368Cash pay $15,494 - 24
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $23,090Cash pay $13,854 - 25
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $24,289Cash pay $19,431 - 26
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $29,139Cash pay $11,655 - 27
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $30,465Cash pay $12,186 - 28
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 29
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282Medicare pays (avg) $4,343 - 30
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282Medicare pays (avg) $5,382 - 31
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 32
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282Medicare pays (avg) $4,369 - 33
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282Medicare pays (avg) $5,624 - 34
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 35
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 36
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 37
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 38
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 39
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 40
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 41
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 42
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 43
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $34,279Cash pay $22,282 - 44
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $36,382Cash pay $23,648Medicare pays (avg) $4,530 - 45
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 49
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,572 - 50
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,302 - 51
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,472 - 52
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 55
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 57
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 58Gross charge —
- 59
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 60
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge — - 61
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 62
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 63
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,010 - 64
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 65
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 66
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 194) anywhere from $5,324 to $36,382 — a $31,058 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 $22,655.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.