Respiratory Failure Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$24,941
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
40
with published pricing
Price range
$4,046 – $55,991
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,046 at Wayne 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
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $4,046 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $6,278Cash pay $4,708 - 3
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $6,689Cash pay $3,879 - 4
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $6,861 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,647Cash pay $6,118 - 6
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $8,162Cash pay $5,713 - 7
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $8,572Cash pay $6,858 - 8
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $9,200Cash pay $7,360 - 9
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $11,908Cash pay $8,455 - 10
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $12,370Cash pay $9,896 - 11
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $13,154Cash pay $11,838 - 12
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $14,940Cash pay $10,458 - 13
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $15,082 - 14
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $17,567Cash pay $7,027 - 15
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $19,075Cash pay $13,353 - 16
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $19,752Cash pay $14,814Medicare pays (avg) $8,858 - 17
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $20,168Cash pay $12,101 - 18
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $21,011Cash pay $17,860 - 19
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $22,235 - 20
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $24,345Cash pay $19,476 - 21
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $27,280Cash pay $16,368 - 22
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 23
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $7,439 - 24
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $8,306 - 25
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $7,948 - 26
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $7,638 - 27
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $9,681 - 28
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372Medicare pays (avg) $8,108 - 29
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 30
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 31
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 32
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 33
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 34
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 35
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 36
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 37
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $34,418Cash pay $22,372 - 38
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $43,116Cash pay $28,026Medicare pays (avg) $7,502 - 39
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $51,522Cash pay $30,913 - 40
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $55,991Cash pay $22,396Medicare pays (avg) $9,233 - 41
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,429 - 42
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,904 - 43
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,579 - 44
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,721 - 45
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,509 - 46
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,244 - 47
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,955 - 48
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,015 - 49
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,824 - 50
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,535 - 51
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,040 - 52
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 54Gross charge —
- 55
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 57
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 58
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,802 - 59
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 60
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price respiratory failure (Medicare DRG 189) anywhere from $4,046 to $55,991 — a $51,946 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $24,941.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.