Free and discounted hospital care in Iowa
We list 116 hospitals and 14 health center organizations in Iowa. We have found income levels for 53 of the hospitals so far.
Check your own income against every hospital near you.
State programs
We have not found a statewide charity care program in Iowa yet. Federal rules still apply. Nonprofit hospitals must have a written financial assistance policy, and health centers on our list offer a sliding fee under federal rules at or below 200% of the poverty level.
Hospitals, most generous first
Yearly income limits for a family of 4. Open a hospital for every household size. The hospital makes the final decision.
| Hospital | Free up to | Discount up to |
|---|---|---|
| Avera Holy Family Hospital Estherville. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $82,500 | $132,000 |
| Avera Merrill Pioneer Hospital Rock Rapids. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $82,500 | $132,000 |
| Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $72,600 | none found |
| Allen Hospital Waterloo. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Community Memorial Hospital Medical Center Sumner. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Finley Hospital Dubuque. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| St. Lukes Hospital Cedar Rapids. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| St. Lukes Regional Medical Center Sioux City. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Trinity - Bettendorf Bettendorf. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Trinity Muscatine Muscatine. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| UnityPoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Des Moines. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $198,000 |
| Stewart Memorial Community Hospital Lake City. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $165,000 |
| CHI Health - Mercy Corning Corning. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Clive Behavioral Health Clive. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenport Davenport. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| George C Grape Community Hospital Hamburg. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics West Union. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Mercy Medical Center-New Hampton New Hampton. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Centerville Medical Center Centerville. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Dyersville Medical Center Dyersville. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Elkader Medical Center Elkader. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Genesis Dewitt Medical Center Dewitt. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Newton Medical Center Newton. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center Mason City. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center Oelwein. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center Sioux City. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Sartori Memorial Hospital, Inc Cedar Falls. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| St. Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home Carroll. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $132,000 |
| Henry County Health Center Mount Pleasant. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $99,000 |
| Manning Regional Healthcare Center Manning. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $99,000 |
| Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center West Burlington. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | $99,000 |
| Pella Regional Health Center Pella. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $66,000 | none found |
| Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee. IRS filing, tax year 2025. | $66,000 | none found |
| Hegg Memorial Health Center Rock Valley. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $49,500 | $132,000 |
| Sioux Center Health Sioux Center. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $49,500 | $132,000 |
| Loring Hospital Sac City. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $49,500 | $82,500 |
| Burgess Health Center Onawa. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $33,000 | $82,500 |
| Horn Memorial Hospital Ida Grove. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $33,000 | $66,000 |
| Osceola Community Hospital Sibley. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $33,000 | $66,000 |
| Shenandoah Medical Center Shenandoah. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | $33,000 | $66,000 |
| Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Knoxville. IRS filing, tax year 2024. | none found | $99,000 |
| Adair County Memorial Hospital Greenfield. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Audubon County Memorial Hospital Audubon. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Boone County Hospital Boone. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Buchanan County Health Center Independence. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Buena Vista Regional Medical Center Storm Lake. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Clarke County Hospital Osceola. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Compass Memorial Healthcare Marengo. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Dallas County Hospital Perry. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Davis County Hospital Bloomfield. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Decatur County Hospital Leon. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Eagle View Behavioral Health Bettendorf. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Floyd County Medical Center Charles City. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Floyd Valley Healthcare Le Mars. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Franklin General Hospital Hampton. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Greater Regional Medical Center Creston. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Greene County Medical Center Jefferson. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Guthrie County Hospital Guthrie Center. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Guttenberg Municipal Hospital Guttenberg. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Hancock County Health System Britt. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Hansen Family Hospital Iowa Falls. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Hawarden Regional Healthcare Hawarden. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Humboldt County Memorial Hospital Humboldt. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond Belmond. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion Clarion. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Jefferson County Health Center Fairfield. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Keokuk County Health Center Sigourney. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Kossuth Regional Health Center Algona. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Lakes Regional Healthcare Spirit Lake. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Lucas County Health Center Chariton. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Madison County Health Care System Winterset. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Mahaska Health Partnership Oskaloosa. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Mary Greeley Medical Center Ames. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Mental Health Institute Cherokee. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Mental Health Institute Independence. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Mitchell County Regional Health Osage. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Monroe County Hospital Albia. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Montgomery County Memorial Hospital Red Oak. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Myrtue Medical Center Harlan. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Orange City Area Health System Orange City. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Palo Alto County Hospital Emmetsburg. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Pocahontas Community Hospital Pocahontas. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Regional Health Services of Howard County Cresco. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Regional Medical Center Manchester. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Ringgold County Hospital Mount Ayr. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Sanford Sheldon Medical Center Sheldon. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Story County Hospital Nevada. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down Iowa City. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics Iowa City. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Van Buren County Hospital Keosauqua. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Van Diest Medical Center Webster City. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Washington County Hospital and Clinics Washington. Legal baseline only. | ask | ask |
| Waverly Health Center Waverly. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| Wayne County Hospital Corydon. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
| WinnMed Decorah. No rule on file. | ask | ask |
Health centers
Under federal health center rules, these centers offer a sliding fee at or below 200% of the poverty level.
- All Care Health Center (3 sites)
- Community Health Care, Inc. (12 sites)
- Community Health Center of Fort Dodge, Inc. (6 sites)
- Community Health Centers of Southeastern Iowa Inc (3 sites)
- Crescent Community Health Center (7 sites)
- Eastern Iowa Health Center (6 sites)
- Greater Sioux Community Health Center, Inc. (1 site)
- Infinity Health (13 sites)
- Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. (3 sites)
- Primary Health Care, Inc (10 sites)
- Proteus Inc. (3 sites)
- River Hills Community Health Center, Inc (6 sites)
- Siouxland Community Health Center (3 sites)
- United Community Health Center, Inc. (1 site)