Premature Newborn Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$7,071
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
28
with published pricing
Price range
$1,021 – $16,453
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,021 at Boone 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
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $1,021Cash pay $817 - 2
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $1,745Cash pay $698 - 3
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,508 - 4
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $3,823Cash pay $3,058 - 5
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $5,223Cash pay $3,656 - 6
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $5,394 - 7
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $6,074Cash pay $4,252 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,293Cash pay $3,776 - 9
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $6,541Cash pay $4,252 - 10
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $6,984Cash pay $3,632 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $7,484Cash pay $4,865 - 27
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $16,181Cash pay $11,326 - 28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $16,453Cash pay $6,581 - 29
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 33
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 34
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 36
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 47
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price premature newborn (Medicare DRG 792) anywhere from $1,021 to $16,453 — a $15,431 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Boone County Hospital in Boone; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $7,071.
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 792 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.