Stroke Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, monitoring, medicines to lower the chance of another stroke, and early rehabilitation planning.
State average
$23,031
gross charge · DRG 066
Hospitals
34
with published pricing
Price range
$3,071 – $56,282
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,071 at Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond) 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 - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $3,071Cash pay $1,843 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,522Cash pay $3,165 - 3
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $5,785Cash pay $4,339 - 4
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $6,091 - 5
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $8,769Cash pay $7,015 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $9,307Cash pay $6,515 - 7
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $9,483Cash pay $6,733 - 8
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $9,852Cash pay $5,911 - 9
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $15,843Cash pay $12,674 - 10
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $16,812Cash pay $13,450 - 11
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $18,575Cash pay $15,788 - 12
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $19,224Cash pay $17,301 - 13
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $22,164Cash pay $8,866 - 14
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $24,923 - 15
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $27,229Cash pay $19,060 - 16
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 17
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765Medicare pays (avg) $3,489 - 18
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765Medicare pays (avg) $3,826 - 19
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 20
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765Medicare pays (avg) $3,357 - 21
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 22
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 23
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 24
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 25
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 26
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 27
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 28
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 29
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 30
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 31
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $27,330Cash pay $17,765 - 32
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $42,326Cash pay $27,512Medicare pays (avg) $3,763 - 33
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $45,527Cash pay $18,211 - 34
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $56,282Cash pay $33,769 - 35
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 38
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 39
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 40
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 42
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,184 - 43
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 46
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 49Gross charge —
- 50
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge —Cash pay $866 - 54
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 066) anywhere from $3,071 to $56,282 — a $53,211 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond in Belmond; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $23,031.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 066 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.