Premature Newborn Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$11,582
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$4,575 – $26,816
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,575 at Floyd County Medical 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
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $4,575Cash pay $1,830 - 2
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $5,215 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $5,256Cash pay $3,679 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $7,850Cash pay $4,710 - 5
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $9,562Cash pay $6,215 - 6
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 7
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 8
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 9
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 10
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 11
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 12
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 13
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 14
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 15
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 16
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 17
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 18
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 19
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 20
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 21
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $12,221Cash pay $7,943 - 22
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $26,816Cash pay $18,771 - 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 premature newborn (Medicare DRG 791) anywhere from $4,575 to $26,816 — a $22,240 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City; the most expensive is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak. The state average sits at $11,582.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn 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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.