Vaginal Delivery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Childbirth through vaginal delivery, with an added condition that made the stay more complicated. The stay includes labor and delivery care and recovery time for mother and baby before going home.
State average
$10,683
gross charge · DRG 806
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$4,981 – $22,700
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,981 at Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics) 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
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $4,981Cash pay $3,487 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $5,440Cash pay $3,155 - 3
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $6,131Cash pay $4,905 - 4
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $6,524Cash pay $5,219 - 5
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $7,690Cash pay $5,383 - 6
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $7,802 - 7
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $8,457Cash pay $6,765 - 8
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $8,598Cash pay $6,878 - 9
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $8,919Cash pay $7,581 - 10
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $9,982Cash pay $3,993 - 11
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $10,108Cash pay $7,076 - 12
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 13
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 14
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 15
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 16
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 17
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 18
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 19
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 20
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 21
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 22
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 23
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 24
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 25
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 26
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 27
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $10,947Cash pay $7,116 - 28
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $11,191Cash pay $8,393 - 29
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $12,252Cash pay $9,802 - 30
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $13,662 - 31
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $14,489Cash pay $8,694 - 32
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $18,473Cash pay $7,389 - 33
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $22,700Cash pay $14,755 - 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 — - 40
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 42
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 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 — - 53
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 806) anywhere from $4,981 to $22,700 — a $17,719 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics in Red Oak; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $10,683.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery in Iowa, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 806 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.