Respiratory Infection Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with major comorbidities, including severe bronchitis and lung infections.
State average
$27,671
gross charge · DRG 177
Hospitals
39
with published pricing
Price range
$4,623 – $72,814
low to high
Data notes for Iowa
- The lowest published charge ($4,623 at Audubon County Memorial 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
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $4,623 - 2
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $5,384Cash pay $4,038 - 3
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $5,732 - 4
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $6,016Cash pay $4,813 - 5
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $6,676Cash pay $5,341 - 6
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $9,120Cash pay $7,296 - 7
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Storm Lake, IA
Gross charge $9,202Cash pay $7,361 - 8
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $9,859Cash pay $7,887 - 9
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $11,143 - 10
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $11,336Cash pay $7,935 - 11
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $11,630Cash pay $10,467 - 12
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $14,570Cash pay $8,450 - 13
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $15,625Cash pay $11,094 - 14
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $15,989Cash pay $9,593 - 15
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $16,162Cash pay $6,465 - 16
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $18,771Cash pay $15,955 - 17
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $22,277Cash pay $15,594 - 18
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $24,398Cash pay $14,639 - 19
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $26,250Cash pay $19,687 - 20
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $26,362Cash pay $21,089 - 21
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $32,935 - 22
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 23
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 24
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 25
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 26
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 27
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 28
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 29
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 30
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 31
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 32
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 33
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 34
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 35
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 36
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 37
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $40,053Cash pay $26,034 - 38
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $61,452Cash pay $36,871 - 39
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $72,814Cash pay $29,126 - 40
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 41
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 44
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 45
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 46
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 47
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 49
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 50
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 51
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 53Gross charge —
- 54
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 55
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 57
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 177) anywhere from $4,623 to $72,814 — a $68,191 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon; the most expensive is Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care) in Ottumwa. The state average sits at $27,671.
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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection 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 respiratory infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 177 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.