Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, causing chest pain and shortness of breath. The hospital stay involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen if needed, and monitoring while the clot stabilizes.
State average
$19,223
gross charge · DRG 176
Hospitals
31
with published pricing
Price range
$3,276 – $44,189
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,276 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 $3,276Cash pay $1,704 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,318Cash pay $3,723 - 3
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $5,809Cash pay $3,485 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,861Cash pay $4,117 - 5
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $7,798 - 6
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $9,692Cash pay $5,621 - 7
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $9,881Cash pay $6,917 - 8
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $12,959Cash pay $10,367 - 9
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $14,388Cash pay $11,510 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $14,389 - 11
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $15,112Cash pay $9,067 - 12
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $17,504Cash pay $7,002 - 13
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 14
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985Medicare pays (avg) $4,250 - 15
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 16
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 17
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 18
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 19
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 20
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 21
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 22
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 23
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 24
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 25
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 26
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 27
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 28
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $23,054Cash pay $14,985 - 29
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $24,783Cash pay $17,348 - 30
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $35,080Cash pay $14,032 - 31
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $44,189Cash pay $28,723Medicare pays (avg) $4,404 - 32
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 36
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 37
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 39
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 40
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,042 - 42
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 50
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price pulmonary embolism (Medicare DRG 176) anywhere from $3,276 to $44,189 — a $40,913 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Waverly Health Center in Waverly; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $19,223.
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 176 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.