Extreme Prematurity or Newborn Breathing Problems Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Care for newborns born extremely early or with underdeveloped lungs (respiratory distress syndrome). These babies are cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit with breathing support, warmth, and feeding assistance.
State average
$16,254
gross charge · DRG 790
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$4,187 – $39,266
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,187 at Waverly Health Center) 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
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $4,187Cash pay $2,177 - 2
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $4,224Cash pay $2,534 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $4,827Cash pay $3,379 - 4
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $6,037Cash pay $2,415 - 5
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 6
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 7
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 8
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 9
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 10
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 11
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 12
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 13
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 14
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 15
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 16
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 17
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 18
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 19
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 20
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $17,452Cash pay $11,343 - 21
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $19,817Cash pay $12,881 - 22
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $39,266Cash pay $27,486 - 23
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 27
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 28
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 30
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 41
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems (Medicare DRG 790) anywhere from $4,187 to $39,266 — a $35,079 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Waverly Health Center in Waverly; the most expensive is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak. The state average sits at $16,254.
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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 790 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.