Medical Back Problems Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$27,140
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
37
with published pricing
Price range
$1,733 – $43,905
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($1,733 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 $1,733 - 2
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $2,981 - 3
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $6,479Cash pay $3,369 - 4
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $6,896Cash pay $5,517 - 5
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $7,152Cash pay $5,364 - 6
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $7,228Cash pay $5,783 - 7
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $8,625 - 8
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $8,953Cash pay $7,610 - 9
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $9,416Cash pay $5,650 - 10
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $10,279Cash pay $9,251 - 11
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $10,974Cash pay $6,365 - 12
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $12,798Cash pay $10,239 - 13
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $13,187Cash pay $9,231 - 14
Adair County Memorial Hospital
Greenfield, IA
Gross charge $14,487Cash pay $10,866 - 15
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $16,011Cash pay $12,809 - 16
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $18,320Cash pay $12,824 - 17
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $22,291 - 18
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $26,825Cash pay $16,095 - 19
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $27,114Cash pay $10,846 - 20
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $28,408Cash pay $11,363 - 21
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $41,563Cash pay $24,938 - 22
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 23
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 24
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 25
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 26
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 27
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 28
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 29
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 30
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 31
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 32
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 33
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 34
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 35
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 36
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 37
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $43,905Cash pay $28,538 - 38
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 39
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 40
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 42
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 43
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 44
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 45
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 46
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 47
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 48
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 50
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 51Gross charge —
- 52
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 54
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price medical back problems (Medicare DRG 552) anywhere from $1,733 to $43,905 — a $42,171 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Wayne County Hospital in Corydon; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $27,140.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 medical back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling medical back problems in Iowa, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.