Hospitals & Nursing Homes in Iowa

Last updated: September 2026.

At a glance

118
Hospitals
387
Nursing homes

Want to see how Iowa compares to the rest of the country? View the ER waits by state report or browse all CareTransparency reports.

Highlights

Top-performing facilities in Iowa based on official federal data.

Fastest emergency rooms

Hospitals with shortest typical ER wait times (lower is better):

Hospital City Wait
Compass Memorial Healthcare Marengo 55 min
Myrtue Medical Center Harlan 1h 1m
Jackson County Regional Health Center Maquoketa 1h 17m
Virginia Gay Hospital Vinton 1h 19m
Grundy County Memorial Hospital Grundy Center 1h 21m
Audubon County Memorial Hospital Audubon 1h 24m
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital and Clinics West Union 1h 25m
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic 1h 26m
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Belmond Belmond 1h 28m
Mitchell County Regional Health Osage 1h 29m

Best Registered Nurse (RN) staffing

Nursing homes with most RN hours per resident per day (higher is better):

Nursing home City RN hrs
Childserve Habilitation Center Johnston 4.30
Strawberry Point Lutheran Home Strawberry Point 1.95
Deerfield Health Care Center Urbandale 1.95
On With Life Long Term Care Polk City 1.94
Valley View Village Des Moines 1.51
Park Place Mount Pleasant 1.50
Accura Healthcare of Bancroft Bancroft 1.50
Terrace Glen Village Marion 1.48
Mississippi Valley Keokuk 1.40
Grand Meadows Senior Living & Health Care Asbury 1.40

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