Stroke Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.
State average
$29,339
gross charge · DRG 064
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$4,773 – $73,006
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,773 at Cherokee Regional Medical 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
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $4,773Cash pay $3,819 - 2
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $11,287Cash pay $7,901 - 3
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $11,828Cash pay $9,462 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $12,748Cash pay $7,649 - 5
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $12,788Cash pay $10,870 - 6
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $13,286Cash pay $9,300 - 7
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $13,683Cash pay $8,210 - 8
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $16,231Cash pay $9,414 - 9
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $16,938Cash pay $6,775 - 10
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $17,869Cash pay $14,295 - 11
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $21,187Cash pay $16,950 - 12
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $22,375Cash pay $15,886 - 13
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $25,078Cash pay $20,062 - 14
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $25,388Cash pay $17,772 - 15
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $27,049 - 16
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 17
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214Medicare pays (avg) $11,543 - 18
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214Medicare pays (avg) $13,380 - 19
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 20
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214Medicare pays (avg) $12,025 - 21
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 22
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214Medicare pays (avg) $12,126 - 23
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 24
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 25
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 26
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 27
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 28
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 29
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 30
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 31
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $23,214 - 32
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $71,246Cash pay $46,310Medicare pays (avg) $10,205 - 33
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $73,006Cash pay $29,203 - 34
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 37
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 38
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 39
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,096 - 40
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,863 - 41
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,732 - 42
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,523 - 44
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,446 - 45
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 48Gross charge —
- 49
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 52
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,210 - 53
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 064) anywhere from $4,773 to $73,006 — a $68,233 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $29,339.
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 064 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.