Pregnancy Complications Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for problems that arise during pregnancy, before delivery, that don't require surgery — such as severe nausea, bleeding, or preterm labor concerns. The stay involves monitoring mother and baby and treating the problem, often with the pregnancy continuing after discharge.
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,022 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 $2,022 - 2
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 3
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 4
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 5
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 6
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 7
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 8
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 9
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 10
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 11
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 12
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 13
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 14
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 15
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 16
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 17
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $3,500Cash pay $2,275 - 18
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,767Cash pay $3,337 - 19
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $7,579Cash pay $4,547 - 20
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $7,964Cash pay $5,575 - 21
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $8,324Cash pay $6,659 - 22
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $11,773Cash pay $8,241 - 23
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $23,246 - 24
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $23,424Cash pay $15,226 - 25
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $30,290Cash pay $25,747 - 26
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 30
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 31
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 33
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 44
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price pregnancy complications (Medicare DRG 832) anywhere from $2,022 to $30,290 — a $28,268 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Mahaska Health in Oskaloosa. The state average sits at $7,016.
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 pregnancy complications at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For pregnancy 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 pregnancy complications in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 832 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.