Postpartum Complications Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Health problems that arise after childbirth or pregnancy loss, such as infection or heavy bleeding, treated with medication rather than surgery. The stay focuses on controlling the problem and monitoring recovery.
State average
$7,921
gross charge · DRG 776
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$2,114 – $27,156
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,114 at Mahaska Health) 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
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $2,114Cash pay $1,796 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,537 - 3
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $2,958Cash pay $1,183 - 4
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $3,909Cash pay $3,127 - 5
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,325Cash pay $3,028 - 6
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $4,642Cash pay $3,249 - 7
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $4,926Cash pay $2,562 - 8
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $5,796Cash pay $4,637 - 9
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,192Cash pay $3,715 - 10
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $11,666Cash pay $9,332 - 11
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $11,909 - 12
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $14,848Cash pay $5,939 - 13
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $27,156Cash pay $17,652 - 14
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 16
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 17
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 18
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 19
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 21
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 25
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price postpartum complications (Medicare DRG 776) anywhere from $2,114 to $27,156 — a $25,043 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $7,921.
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 postpartum complications at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For postpartum complications 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 postpartum complications in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 776 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.