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Sepsis (hospital stay) in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 27 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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MS-DRG 871

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$12,2930.9×12026-01-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$16,6261.3×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$16,8961.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$18,2121.4×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$18,4441.4×12026-01-28
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$18,4971.4×102026-03-31
Washington County Hospital And Clinics Washington$18,5321.4×22026-09-08
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$18,5541.4×32025-11-19
Mercyone Newton Medical Center Newton$21,0361.6×52026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$21,3871.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$21,4961.6×22026-03-31
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$21,5561.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$21,8591.6×72026-03-31
Allen Hospital Waterloo$21,8971.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$22,2551.7×72026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$22,3871.7×42026-03-17
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$26,0182.0×22026-06-01
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$26,3562.0×22026-03-31
Boone County Hospital Boone$26,8502.0×12026-07-27
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$26,9602.0×22026-06-27
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$27,8692.1×52026-07-23
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$29,0662.0×52026-02-15
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$29,4312.2×52026-03-31
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$29,7782.2×22025-11-19
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$33,2972.4×92026-02-28
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$34,6582.6×22026-09-23
Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center$64,7964.9×12026-09-26

MS-DRG 872

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$8,7831.3×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$8,9001.3×22026-09-01
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$9,4501.4×12026-01-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$9,5701.4×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$9,6911.4×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$9,7501.4×32025-11-19
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$10,0391.4×102026-03-31
Washington County Hospital And Clinics Washington$10,3031.5×22026-09-08
Mercyone Newton Medical Center Newton$11,0821.6×52026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$11,2381.6×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$11,3271.6×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$11,5061.6×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$11,5151.6×72026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$11,6831.7×22026-03-31
Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center Cedar Falls$11,7241.7×72026-03-31
Monroe County Hospital Albia$12,0521.7×42026-03-17
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$13,9662.0×22026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$14,2022.0×22026-06-27
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$14,6812.1×52026-07-23
Boone County Hospital Boone$14,9282.1×12026-07-27
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$15,6602.1×52026-02-15
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$15,8962.3×52026-03-31
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$17,8752.4×92026-02-28
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$17,9022.6×22025-11-19
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$19,2682.7×22026-09-23
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$23,0963.3×22026-06-01

Questions

How much do insurers pay for sepsis (hospital stay) in Iowa?

27 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for sepsis (hospital stay) in their federal price-transparency files. For inpatient stay (MS-DRG 871), the median across 27 hospitals is $21,897, 1.6× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.