Poisoning & Drug Overdose Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Illness caused by a medicine, drug, or other toxic substance, such as an accidental overdose or a harmful reaction. The stay involves close monitoring, medicines or antidotes to counteract the substance, and supportive care while the body clears it.
State average
$24,656
gross charge · DRG 918
Hospitals
29
with published pricing
Price range
$1,618 – $37,702
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,618 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 $1,618 - 2
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $2,512Cash pay $1,758 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,662Cash pay $3,964 - 4
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $6,861Cash pay $5,488 - 5
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $8,092 - 6
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $8,205Cash pay $6,974 - 7
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $13,313Cash pay $10,650 - 8
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $13,573Cash pay $9,501 - 9
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $15,254Cash pay $11,441 - 10
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $15,929Cash pay $12,743 - 11
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $21,828Cash pay $11,350 - 12
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $32,623Cash pay $13,049 - 13
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 14
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 15
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 17
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 18
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 19
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 20
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 21
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 22
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 23
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 24
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 25
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 26
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 27
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 28
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $33,241Cash pay $21,607 - 29
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $37,702Cash pay $24,506 - 30
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 35
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 48
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price poisoning & drug overdose (Medicare DRG 918) anywhere from $1,618 to $37,702 — a $36,084 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $24,656.
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 poisoning & drug overdose 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 poisoning & drug overdose 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 poisoning & drug overdose in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 918 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.