Rehabilitation hospitals in Iowa
0 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, plus 11 general hospitals with an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Compare their Medicare results with the national rate.
Iowa has 11 general hospitals with an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids has the highest returned home rate reported in Iowa: 69%, against 67% nationally. On the measure "Returned home", Medicare rates 0 better than the national rate and 2 worse.
Switch state
Hospitals0plus 11 rehab units
Returned home65%Iowa median; U.S. 67%
Preventable readmissions9.3%Iowa median; U.S. 9.4%
Rated better by CMS0on returned home; 2 worse
69%
returned home at Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids, the highest reported in Iowa.
Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (IRFs) provide intensive therapy after a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, amputation, major joint replacement or a long hospital stay. Patients generally need to be able to take part in about three hours of physical, occupational or speech therapy a day, five days a week, under a doctor's supervision. Many general hospitals run a rehab unit that Medicare certifies and measures separately, so those are listed too. The key results to compare are how many patients return home and how many end up back in hospital.
Every rehabilitation hospital in Iowa
Bars show each facility's rate; the black tick is the U.S. rate. "Better" and "worse" appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | Returned home higher is better | Preventable readmissions lower is better |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Greeley Medical Centerrehab unit | 67% | 8.9% |
| Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapidsrehab unit | 69% | 8.4% |
| St Lukes Hospitalrehab unit | 65% | 8.6% |
| Genesis Medical Center-Davenportrehab unit |
60%
Worse |
10% |
| Iowa Methodist Medical Centerrehab unit | 67% | 9.0% |
| Mercy Medical Center-Dubuquerehab unit | 66% | 9.5% |
| The Finley Hospitalrehab unit |
60%
Worse |
9.6% |
| Mercy Medical Center-North Iowarehab unit | 60% | 9.1% |
| Ottumwa Regional Health Centerrehab unit | 63% | 9.3% |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Centerrehab unit | 65% | 10.0% |
| Mercyone Waterloo Medical Centerrehab unit | 63% | 9.4% |
No hospital matches that filter.
U.S. rates: returned home 67%; preventable readmissions 9.4%.
Questions about inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Iowa
How many inpatient rehabilitation hospitals are there in Iowa?
Iowa has 0 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, plus 11 general hospitals with an inpatient rehabilitation unit that reports to Medicare.
What is a rehabilitation hospital?
Inpatient rehabilitation hospitals (IRFs) provide intensive therapy after a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, amputation, major joint replacement or a long hospital stay. Patients generally need to be able to take part in about three hours of physical, occupational or speech therapy a day, five days a week, under a doctor's supervision. Many general hospitals run a rehab unit that Medicare certifies and measures separately, so those are listed too. The key results to compare are how many patients return home and how many end up back in hospital.
Which rehabilitation hospital in Iowa has the highest returned home rate?
Mercy Medical Center - Cedar Rapids has the highest returned home rate reported in Iowa: 69%, against 67% nationally. Rates from small facilities can swing a lot from year to year, and Medicare publishes several measures for each facility, so compare the ones that matter most to you on each hospital's page.
Which Iowa facilities does Medicare rate better or worse than average?
On returned home, CMS rates 0 Iowa facilities better than the national rate and 2 worse; the rest are no different or have too few patients to compare.
All hospitals in Iowa
Critical Access hospitals in Iowa Psychiatric hospitals in Iowa Birthing-friendly hospitals in Iowa Rehabilitation hospitals in other states
Facility list and results from the CMS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Quality Reporting Program, with hospital type from the CMS Provider of Services file. Data published July 2026. About the data.