Diabetes Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$15,323
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
37
with published pricing
Price range
$2,371 – $31,148
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($2,371 at Waverly Health 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
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $2,371Cash pay $1,233 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $3,144Cash pay $1,823 - 3
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $5,486Cash pay $3,895 - 4
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $5,686 - 5
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $7,284Cash pay $5,827 - 6
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $8,991 - 7
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $10,364Cash pay $8,291 - 8
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $10,475Cash pay $8,904 - 9
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $10,633Cash pay $7,443 - 10
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $12,535Cash pay $7,521 - 11
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $13,733Cash pay $12,360 - 12
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $15,535 - 13
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $15,724Cash pay $9,434 - 14
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $16,143Cash pay $12,107 - 15
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $16,819Cash pay $11,773 - 16
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $17,252Cash pay $13,802 - 17
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $17,257 - 18
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 19
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 20
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 21
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 22
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 23
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 24
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 25
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 26
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 27
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 28
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 29
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 30
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 31
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 32
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 33
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $17,346Cash pay $11,275 - 34
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $19,770Cash pay $11,862 - 35
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $23,187Cash pay $17,390 - 36
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $25,880Cash pay $10,352 - 37
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $31,148Cash pay $12,459 - 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 diabetes (Medicare DRG 638) anywhere from $2,371 to $31,148 — a $28,777 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Waverly Health Center in Waverly; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $15,323.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.