Substance Use Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
State average
$60,640
gross charge · DRG 896
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$3,926 – $73,631
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,926 at Boone County 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
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $3,926Cash pay $3,141 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $11,529Cash pay $8,070 - 3
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $14,414Cash pay $8,360 - 4
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $34,544Cash pay $27,635 - 5
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $43,359Cash pay $17,344 - 6
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $48,209Cash pay $31,336 - 7
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 8
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 9
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 10
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 11
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 12
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 13
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 14
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 15
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 16
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 17
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 18
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 19
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 20
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 21
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 22
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $73,631Cash pay $47,860 - 23
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 24
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 25
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 26
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 27
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 28
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 29
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 30
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 31
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 34
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 35
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 41
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price substance use (Medicare DRG 896) anywhere from $3,926 to $73,631 — a $69,705 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Boone County Hospital in Boone; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $60,640.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.