Hospice market for funeral homes in Iowa
70 hospices have an office in Iowa and cared for 20,222 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Iowa market
By ownership
- For-profit: 26
- Nonprofit: 26
- Government and nonprofit: 2
- Government: 8
- Other ownership: 8
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Suncrest HospiceWest Des Moines · For-profit1,444
- 2EverystepDes Moines · Other ownership1,048
- 3Hospice Compassus - Northeast IowaCedar Rapids · For-profit992
- 4Cedar Valley HospiceWaterloo · For-profit948
- 5Mercyone GenesisBettendorf · Nonprofit911
- 6St Croix HospiceStrawberry Point · For-profit909
- 7St Croix HospiceSpirit Lake · For-profit866
- 8Hospice of DubuqueDubuque · Nonprofit864
- 9Hospice of MercyHiawatha · Nonprofit731
- 10St Croix HospiceCharles City · For-profit692
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest HospiceCouncil Bluffs | For-profit | 44 | 276 | +84.4% |
| Care Initiatives Hospice - Cedar FallsCedar Falls | Other ownership | 239 | 552 | +32.2% |
| St Croix HospiceStrawberry Point | For-profit | 419 | 909 | +29.5% |
| St Croix HospiceSpirit Lake | For-profit | 442 | 866 | +25.1% |
| St Croix HospiceCharles City | For-profit | 371 | 692 | +23.1% |
| Avera @ Home of Spencer HospitalSpencer | Government | 44 | 80 | +22.1% |
| Wesleylife HospiceUrbandale | Nonprofit | 298 | 530 | +21.2% |
| Care Initiatives Hospice - AlbiaAlbia | Nonprofit | 162 | 271 | +18.7% |
| Cherokee Regional HospiceCherokee | Nonprofit | 89 | 138 | +15.7% |
| Essence of Life HospiceAmana | Other ownership | 244 | 376 | +15.5% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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