DRG 178 · Respiratory

Respiratory Infection Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with complications.

State average
$25,295
gross charge · DRG 178
Hospitals
33
with published pricing
Price range
$6,534 – $34,633
low to high
Lowest $6,534 Highest $34,633

Iowa hospitals price respiratory infection (Medicare DRG 178) anywhere from $6,534 to $34,633 — a $28,099 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield; the most expensive is Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. The state average sits at $25,295.

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 178 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1
    Gross charge $6,534
    Cash pay $3,921
  2. 2
    Gross charge $7,151
    Cash pay $5,721
  3. 3

    Wayne County Hospital

    Corydon, IA

    Gross charge $8,799
  4. 4

    Myrtue Medical Center

    Harlan, IA

    Gross charge $9,649
    Cash pay $5,596
  5. 5
    Gross charge $10,449
    Cash pay $6,269
  6. 6
    Gross charge $11,511
    Cash pay $9,209
  7. 7
    Gross charge $12,572
    Cash pay $10,058
  8. 8
    Gross charge $13,546
    Cash pay $8,127
  9. 9

    Winnmed

    Decorah, IA

    Gross charge $13,716
    Cash pay $9,602
  10. 10
    Gross charge $17,495
    Cash pay $13,996
  11. 11

    Cass County Memorial Hospital

    Atlantic, IA

    Gross charge $19,320
    Cash pay $13,524
  12. 12
    Gross charge $21,502
    Cash pay $16,127
  13. 13

    Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)

    Ottumwa, IA

    Gross charge $23,264
    Cash pay $9,305
  14. 14
    Gross charge $23,816
    Cash pay $21,434
  15. 15
    Gross charge $26,142
  16. 16
    Gross charge $27,304
    Cash pay $21,843
  17. 17

    Floyd County Medical Center

    Charles City, IA

    Gross charge $27,851
    Cash pay $11,140
  18. 18
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  19. 19

    MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center

    Davenport, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  20. 20

    MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mason City, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  21. 21

    MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center

    Waterloo, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  22. 22

    MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Dubuque, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  23. 23

    Mercyone Clinton Medical Center

    Clinton, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  24. 24

    Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center

    Sioux City, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  25. 25
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  26. 26
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  27. 27
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  28. 28
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  29. 29
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  30. 30
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  31. 31
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  32. 32
    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  33. 33

    Hansen Family Hospital

    Iowa Falls, IA

    Gross charge $34,633
    Cash pay $22,512
  34. 34
    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Trinity Muscatine

    Muscatine, IA

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Trinity Regional Medical Center

    Fort Dodge, IA

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs

    Council Bluffs, IA

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)

    Cedar Rapids, IA

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center

    Des Moines, IA

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital

    Bettendorf, IA

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Allen Hospital

    Waterloo, IA

    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Finley Hospital

    Dubuque, IA

    Gross charge
  43. 43

    St Lukes Regional Medical Center

    Sioux City, IA

    Gross charge
  44. 44
    Gross charge
  45. 45
    Gross charge
  46. 46
    Gross charge
  47. 47
    Gross charge
  48. 48

    Chi Health Missouri Valley

    Missouri Valley, IA

    Gross charge
  49. 49
    Gross charge
  50. 50
    Gross charge
  51. 51

    Henry County Health Center

    Mount Pleasant, IA

    Gross charge

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