Seizures Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay after one or more seizures — sudden episodes of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Care typically includes brain monitoring or imaging, adjusting anti-seizure medication, and observation.
State average
$27,556
gross charge · DRG 101
Hospitals
26
with published pricing
Price range
$4,004 – $41,289
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,004 at Jefferson County 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
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $4,004Cash pay $2,402 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,963Cash pay $4,174 - 3
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $6,865Cash pay $5,492 - 4
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $7,596Cash pay $4,405 - 5
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $13,817Cash pay $9,672 - 6
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $18,986 - 7
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $25,364Cash pay $20,292 - 8
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 9
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 10
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275Medicare pays (avg) $5,636 - 11
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 12
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275Medicare pays (avg) $5,045 - 13
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 14
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 15
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 16
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 17
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 18
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 19
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 20
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 21
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 22
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 23
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $32,731Cash pay $21,275 - 24
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $33,450Cash pay $21,742 - 25
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $35,428Cash pay $21,257 - 26
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $41,289Cash pay $16,516 - 27
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 28
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 31
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 32
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,151 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,604 - 46
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price seizures (Medicare DRG 101) anywhere from $4,004 to $41,289 — a $37,285 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $27,556.
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 seizures 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 seizures 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 seizures in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 101 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.