Alcohol or Drug Dependence Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse or dependence without inpatient rehabilitation therapy and without major complications — typically a short detox stay.
State average
$18,378
gross charge · DRG 897
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$3,562 – $52,896
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($3,562 at Wayne 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
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $3,562 - 2
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $5,174Cash pay $4,140 - 3
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $5,832Cash pay $4,083 - 4
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $8,242Cash pay $6,182 - 5
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $8,848Cash pay $7,078 - 6
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $9,408Cash pay $6,586 - 7
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $10,226Cash pay $8,180 - 8
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,767Cash pay $9,152 - 9
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $12,920 - 10
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $13,705Cash pay $10,964 - 11
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $14,642Cash pay $11,713 - 12
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $18,606Cash pay $13,955 - 13
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $19,217Cash pay $15,373 - 14
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605Medicare pays (avg) $4,700 - 16
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605Medicare pays (avg) $5,415 - 17
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605Medicare pays (avg) $5,650 - 18
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605Medicare pays (avg) $4,752 - 19
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 20
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 21
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 22
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 23
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 24
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 25
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 26
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 27
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 28
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 29
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $19,393Cash pay $12,605 - 30
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $30,929Cash pay $18,557 - 31
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $33,122Cash pay $21,529Medicare pays (avg) $5,454 - 32
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $38,091Cash pay $15,236 - 33
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $52,896Cash pay $31,738 - 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) $4,233 - 40
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,847 - 41
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 44
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 51
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Avera Holy Family Hospital
Estherville, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price alcohol or drug dependence (Medicare DRG 897) anywhere from $3,562 to $52,896 — a $49,334 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion in Clarion. The state average sits at $18,378.
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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 897 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.