Respiratory Infection Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$17,573
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$2,265 – $68,050
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,265 at Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion) 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
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $2,265Cash pay $1,359 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,988Cash pay $3,492 - 3
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $8,248Cash pay $6,598 - 4
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $8,276Cash pay $6,207 - 5
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $8,796Cash pay $7,036 - 6
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $9,052Cash pay $7,242 - 7
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $9,149Cash pay $5,490 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $9,681Cash pay $5,809 - 9
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $9,840Cash pay $8,856 - 10
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $12,837Cash pay $8,986 - 11
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $19,115Cash pay $11,087 - 12
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $19,989 - 13
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $20,331Cash pay $16,264 - 14
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $21,136Cash pay $10,991 - 15
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $24,994Cash pay $9,998 - 16
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $25,417Cash pay $17,792 - 17
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $34,143Cash pay $22,193 - 18
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $68,050Cash pay $27,220 - 19
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 21
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 22
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 23
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 24
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 25
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 26
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 29
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 179) anywhere from $2,265 to $68,050 — a $65,785 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $17,573.
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 infection 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 infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 179 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.