DRG 605 · Skin

Skin & Soft Tissue Injury Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals

An injury to the skin, the soft tissue beneath it, or the breast, such as a deep wound or severe bruising from an accident. Hospital care typically involves cleaning and treating the wound, pain control, and watching for infection.

State average
$20,493
gross charge · DRG 605
Hospitals
29
with published pricing
Price range
$6,052 – $49,926
low to high
Lowest $6,052 Highest $49,926

Iowa hospitals price skin & soft tissue injury (Medicare DRG 605) anywhere from $6,052 to $49,926 — a $43,874 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is St Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. The state average sits at $20,493.

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 skin & soft tissue injury 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 skin & soft tissue injury 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 skin & soft tissue injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 605 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $6,052
    Cash pay $4,236
  2. 2

    Mahaska Health

    Oskaloosa, IA

    Gross charge $6,073
    Cash pay $5,162
  3. 3
    Gross charge $6,335
    Cash pay $5,068
  4. 4

    Cass County Memorial Hospital

    Atlantic, IA

    Gross charge $7,081
    Cash pay $4,957
  5. 5

    Winnmed

    Decorah, IA

    Gross charge $7,964
    Cash pay $5,575
  6. 6

    Myrtue Medical Center

    Harlan, IA

    Gross charge $9,092
    Cash pay $5,273
  7. 7

    Mitchell County Regional Health Center

    Osage, IA

    Gross charge $16,366
    Cash pay $14,729
  8. 8
    Gross charge $16,589
    Cash pay $9,953
  9. 9
    Gross charge $18,032
    Cash pay $10,819
  10. 10

    MercyOne Newton Medical Center

    Newton, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  11. 11

    MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center

    Davenport, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  12. 12

    MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mason City, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  13. 13

    MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

    Waterloo, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  14. 14

    MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Dubuque, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  15. 15

    Mercyone Clinton Medical Center

    Clinton, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  16. 16

    Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center

    Sioux City, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  17. 17
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  18. 18
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  19. 19
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  20. 20
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  21. 21
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  22. 22
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  23. 23
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  24. 24
    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  25. 25

    Hansen Family Hospital

    Iowa Falls, IA

    Gross charge $21,890
    Cash pay $14,229
  26. 26

    Jefferson County Health Center

    Fairfield, IA

    Gross charge $23,464
    Cash pay $14,078
  27. 27

    Floyd County Medical Center

    Charles City, IA

    Gross charge $31,382
    Cash pay $12,553
  28. 28

    Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    Gross charge $45,698
    Cash pay $29,704
  29. 29

    St Anthony Regional Hospital

    Carroll, IA

    Gross charge $49,926
  30. 30

    UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital

    Marshalltown, IA

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Trinity Muscatine

    Muscatine, IA

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  32. 32

    Trinity Regional Medical Center

    Fort Dodge, IA

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs

    Council Bluffs, IA

    Gross charge
  34. 34
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  35. 35

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Methodist Jennie Edmundson

    Council Bluffs, IA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center

    Des Moines, IA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital

    Bettendorf, IA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    Allen Hospital

    Waterloo, IA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Finley Hospital

    Dubuque, IA

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  41. 41
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  42. 42
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  43. 43

    Chi Health - Mercy Corning

    Corning, IA

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  44. 44
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  45. 45

    Chi Health Missouri Valley

    Missouri Valley, IA

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  46. 46

    Clarke County Hospital

    Osceola, IA

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  47. 47

    Henry County Health Center

    Mount Pleasant, IA

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  48. 48

    Wayne County Hospital

    Corydon, IA

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  49. 49

    St Lukes Regional Medical Center

    Sioux City, IA

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  50. 50
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