Respiratory Symptoms Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for breathing-related symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, or wheezing when the exact cause is still being determined. Care usually involves monitoring, oxygen if needed, and tests like chest imaging and breathing studies.
State average
$13,942
gross charge · DRG 204
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$5,334 – $30,930
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,334Cash pay $3,734 - 2
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $6,707Cash pay $4,695 - 3
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $7,622Cash pay $3,963 - 4
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $7,775Cash pay $6,220 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,986Cash pay $6,389 - 6
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $9,044Cash pay $7,235 - 7
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $11,710Cash pay $6,792 - 8
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $13,057 - 9
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $15,473Cash pay $13,926 - 10
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $17,454Cash pay $13,090 - 11
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $17,840Cash pay $14,272 - 12
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $30,318Cash pay $21,223 - 13
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $30,930Cash pay $20,104 - 14
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 15
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 16
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 17
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 18
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 19
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 20
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 21
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 22
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 25
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 27
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,477 - 33
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price respiratory symptoms (Medicare DRG 204) anywhere from $5,334 to $30,930 — a $25,596 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $13,942.
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 symptoms 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 symptoms 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 symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 204 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.