Signs & Symptoms Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for unexplained signs and symptoms without a definitive diagnosis at discharge.
State average
$13,272
gross charge · DRG 948
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$1,813 – $38,101
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,813 at Virginia Gay 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
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $1,813Cash pay $1,450 - 2
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $2,647 - 3
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $5,030Cash pay $3,018 - 4
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,289Cash pay $3,702 - 5
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $5,331Cash pay $3,999 - 6
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $6,387 - 7
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $6,917Cash pay $4,842 - 8
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $6,928Cash pay $4,157 - 9
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $9,727Cash pay $7,782 - 10
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,243Cash pay $5,941 - 11
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $12,112Cash pay $10,901 - 12
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $14,578Cash pay $12,392 - 13
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $14,970Cash pay $10,479 - 14
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $15,895Cash pay $12,716 - 15
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $16,527Cash pay $9,916 - 16
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $18,291 - 17
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $19,199 - 18
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $21,251Cash pay $8,500 - 19
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $23,184Cash pay $18,547 - 20
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $24,292Cash pay $18,219 - 21
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $38,101Cash pay $24,766 - 22
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 23
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 26
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 27
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,162 - 28
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,440 - 29
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 30
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 32
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 34
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,759 - 40
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price signs & symptoms (Medicare DRG 948) anywhere from $1,813 to $38,101 — a $36,288 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $13,272.
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 signs & 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 signs & 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 signs & symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 948 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.