DRG 175 · Respiratory

Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals

A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, straining the heart and making it hard to breathe. Care involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring of the heart and lungs, sometimes in an intensive care unit.

State average
$29,016
gross charge · DRG 175
Hospitals
34
with published pricing
Price range
$7,277 – $86,956
low to high
Lowest $7,277 Highest $86,956

Iowa hospitals price pulmonary embolism (Medicare DRG 175) anywhere from $7,277 to $86,956 — a $79,679 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond in Belmond. The state average sits at $29,016.

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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 175 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Jefferson County Health Center

    Fairfield, IA

    Gross charge $7,277
    Cash pay $4,366
  2. 2
    Gross charge $7,479
  3. 3
    Gross charge $9,075
    Cash pay $6,352
  4. 4

    Mitchell County Regional Health Center

    Osage, IA

    Gross charge $12,835
    Cash pay $11,552
  5. 5

    Winnmed

    Decorah, IA

    Gross charge $12,849
    Cash pay $8,995
  6. 6

    Floyd County Medical Center

    Charles City, IA

    Gross charge $15,189
    Cash pay $6,076
  7. 7

    Waverly Health Center

    Waverly, IA

    Gross charge $15,686
    Cash pay $8,156
  8. 8
    Gross charge $15,834
    Cash pay $12,667
  9. 9
    Gross charge $15,890
    Cash pay $9,534
  10. 10

    St Anthony Regional Hospital

    Carroll, IA

    Gross charge $16,710
  11. 11

    Spencer Municipal Hospital

    Spencer, IA

    Gross charge $18,167
    Cash pay $13,625
  12. 12

    Cass County Memorial Hospital

    Atlantic, IA

    Gross charge $23,742
    Cash pay $16,619
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    Mahaska Health

    Oskaloosa, IA

    Gross charge $25,590
    Cash pay $21,751
  14. 14

    MercyOne Newton Medical Center

    Newton, IA

    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  15. 15

    MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center

    Davenport, IA

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,701
  16. 16

    MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mason City, IA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,369
  17. 17

    MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

    Waterloo, IA

    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  18. 18

    MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Dubuque, IA

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,090
  19. 19

    Mercyone Clinton Medical Center

    Clinton, IA

    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  20. 20

    Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center

    Sioux City, IA

    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  21. 21
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  22. 22
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  23. 23
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  24. 24
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  25. 25
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  26. 26
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  27. 27
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  28. 28
    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  29. 29

    Hansen Family Hospital

    Iowa Falls, IA

    Gross charge $32,241
    Cash pay $20,957
  30. 30

    Myrtue Medical Center

    Harlan, IA

    Gross charge $34,265
    Cash pay $19,874
  31. 31

    Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Ottumwa, IA

    Gross charge $45,311
    Cash pay $18,124
  32. 32
    Gross charge $52,849
    Cash pay $42,279
  33. 33

    Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $54,989
    Cash pay $35,743
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,274
  34. 34
    Gross charge $86,956
    Cash pay $52,174
  35. 35

    UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital

    Marshalltown, IA

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    Trinity Muscatine

    Muscatine, IA

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  37. 37

    Trinity Regional Medical Center

    Fort Dodge, IA

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  38. 38

    Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs

    Council Bluffs, IA

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    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,334
  41. 41

    UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center

    Des Moines, IA

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,239
  42. 42

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital

    Bettendorf, IA

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    Allen Hospital

    Waterloo, IA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,238
  44. 44

    Finley Hospital

    Dubuque, IA

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  47. 47

    Chi Health - Mercy Corning

    Corning, IA

    Gross charge —
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  49. 49

    Chi Health Missouri Valley

    Missouri Valley, IA

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  51. 51

    Clarke County Hospital

    Osceola, IA

    Gross charge —
  52. 52

    Henry County Health Center

    Mount Pleasant, IA

    Gross charge —
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  54. 54

    St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Sioux City, IA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,199

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