COPD, with major complications in Iowa

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$31,184typical hospital bill

$8,234typical amount paid

$7,394–$13,111range paid across 14 hospitals

Iowa hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,184 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down	Iowa City	20	$50,610	$7,394
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center	Dubuque	33	$29,525	$7,688
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center	Des Moines	41	$49,057	$7,752
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids	Cedar Rapids	32	$29,049	$7,917
Genesis Medical Center-Davenport	Davenport	43	$22,446	$7,925
Mary Greeley Medical Center	Ames	29	$31,608	$7,949
Methodist Jennie Edmundson	Council Bluffs	26	$33,444	$8,012
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center	Sioux City	13	$30,018	$8,457
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center	Waterloo	24	$32,882	$8,831
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center	Mason City	32	$34,460	$8,995
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center	West Burlington	29	$23,752	$9,208
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi	Des Moines	22	$30,760	$9,325
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center	Clinton	17	$30,746	$9,502
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics	Iowa City	19	$63,513	$13,111

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.