Vaginal Delivery Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
A vaginal birth, without tubal ligation or a D&C, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers labor, delivery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$14,451
gross charge · DRG 805
Hospitals
29
with published pricing
Price range
$4,310 – $27,242
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,310 at Myrtue 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
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $4,310Cash pay $2,500 - 2
Montgomery County Memorial Hospital + Clinics
Red Oak, IA
Gross charge $7,130Cash pay $4,991 - 3
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $7,604Cash pay $5,323 - 4
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $9,991Cash pay $5,995 - 5
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Lake City, IA
Gross charge $10,355Cash pay $8,284 - 6
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,591Cash pay $9,003 - 7
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $10,813 - 8
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $11,642Cash pay $9,313 - 9
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $14,294Cash pay $10,006 - 10
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $14,824 - 11
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 12
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 13
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 14
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 15
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 16
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 17
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 18
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 19
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 20
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 21
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 22
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 23
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 24
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 25
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 26
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $15,370Cash pay $9,990 - 27
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $20,587Cash pay $8,235 - 28
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $23,769Cash pay $9,508 - 29
Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge $27,242Cash pay $17,707 - 30
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 31
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 32
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 33
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 34
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown
Iowa City, IA
Gross charge — - 35
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 36
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 37
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 38
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 41
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge — - 48
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Sioux Center Health
Sioux Center, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 805) anywhere from $4,310 to $27,242 — a $22,931 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan; the most expensive is Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Acute Care) in Cedar Rapids. The state average sits at $14,451.
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 805 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.