Sepsis Cost in Iowa — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$25,774
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
40
with published pricing
Price range
$9,483 – $56,594
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Audubon County Memorial Hospital
Audubon, IA
Gross charge $9,483 - 2
Myrtue Medical Center
Harlan, IA
Gross charge $9,958Cash pay $5,776 - 3
Manning Regional Healthcare Center
Manning, IA
Gross charge $10,450Cash pay $7,419 - 4
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic, IA
Gross charge $11,237Cash pay $7,866 - 5
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond
Belmond, IA
Gross charge $12,093Cash pay $7,256 - 6
Burgess Health Center
Onawa, IA
Gross charge $12,363Cash pay $9,890 - 7
Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS)
Orange City, IA
Gross charge $12,371Cash pay $9,897 - 8
Wayne County Hospital
Corydon, IA
Gross charge $12,744 - 9
Mitchell County Regional Health Center
Osage, IA
Gross charge $13,921Cash pay $12,529 - 10
Washington County Hospital and Clinics
Washington, IA
Gross charge $14,200Cash pay $10,650 - 11
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion
Clarion, IA
Gross charge $14,980Cash pay $8,988 - 12
Winnmed
Decorah, IA
Gross charge $14,982Cash pay $10,487 - 13
Boone County Hospital
Boone, IA
Gross charge $16,205Cash pay $12,964 - 14
Mahaska Health
Oskaloosa, IA
Gross charge $17,918Cash pay $15,231 - 15
Madison County Health Care System
Winterset, IA
Gross charge $19,898Cash pay $15,918 - 16
Jefferson County Health Center
Fairfield, IA
Gross charge $20,876Cash pay $12,526 - 17
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton, IA
Gross charge $22,295Cash pay $17,836 - 18
Cherokee Regional Medical Center
Cherokee, IA
Gross charge $23,615Cash pay $18,892 - 19
St Anthony Regional Hospital
Carroll, IA
Gross charge $24,692 - 20
Davis County Hospital & Clinics
Bloomfield, IA
Gross charge $25,992 - 21
Spencer Municipal Hospital
Spencer, IA
Gross charge $26,699Cash pay $20,024 - 22
Floyd County Medical Center
Charles City, IA
Gross charge $27,853Cash pay $11,141 - 23
Waverly Health Center
Waverly, IA
Gross charge $29,467Cash pay $15,323 - 24
MercyOne Newton Medical Center
Newton, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 25
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center
Davenport, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 26
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mason City, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 27
MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 28
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center (Acute Care)
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 29
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center
Clinton, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 30
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 31
Hancock County Health System
Britt, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 32
Franklin General Hospital
Hampton, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 33
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center
Dewitt, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 34
MercyOne Elkader Medical Center
Elkader, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 35
MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center
New Hampton, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 36
MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center
Oelwein, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 37
Mercyone Centerville Medical Center
Centerville, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 38
MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center
Dyersville, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 39
Hansen Family Hospital
Iowa Falls, IA
Gross charge $35,628Cash pay $23,158 - 40
Ottumwa Regional Health Center (Acute Care)
Ottumwa, IA
Gross charge $56,594Cash pay $22,637 - 41
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Hospital
Marshalltown, IA
Gross charge — - 42
Trinity Muscatine
Muscatine, IA
Gross charge — - 43
Trinity Regional Medical Center
Fort Dodge, IA
Gross charge — - 44
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, IA
Gross charge — - 45
St Lukes Hospital (Acute Care)
Cedar Rapids, IA
Gross charge — - 46
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines, IA
Gross charge — - 47
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Hospital
Bettendorf, IA
Gross charge — - 48
Allen Hospital
Waterloo, IA
Gross charge — - 49
Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
Gross charge — - 50
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
Sioux City, IA
Gross charge — - 51
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Grinnell, IA
Gross charge — - 52
Grundy County Memorial Hospital
Grundy Center, IA
Gross charge — - 53
Chi Health - Mercy Corning
Corning, IA
Gross charge — - 54Gross charge —
- 55
Chi Health Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley, IA
Gross charge — - 56
Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Sumner, IA
Gross charge — - 57
Clarke County Hospital
Osceola, IA
Gross charge — - 58
Henry County Health Center
Mount Pleasant, IA
Gross charge —
Iowa hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $9,483 to $56,594 — a $47,110 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 $25,774.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.