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✓ Last verified: September 26, 2026 — HealingMaps Editorial Staff
Correction — September 26, 2026
This profile previously carried a notice stating that MercyOne Newton was permanently closed. That notice was wrong and has been removed. MercyOne Newton Medical Center is an operating hospital, listed by Iowa Health & Human Services as a Level IV trauma center.
We are re-verifying which interventional mental health services are currently offered at this location, and we are grateful to the reader who flagged the error.
MercyOne Newton Medical Center is a community hospital in Newton, Iowa, and part of the MercyOne health system. It is an operating facility providing emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, including behavioral health services.
Ketamine and Esketamine at MercyOne
MercyOne offers esketamine (Spravato) within its behavioral health services — the health system publishes a dedicated esketamine program page under its Des Moines behavioral health division, roughly 35 minutes from Newton.
What we can and cannot confirm about the Newton location specifically: we have not been able to verify from MercyOne’s own published material whether ketamine infusion or esketamine dosing is currently delivered at the Newton campus, as opposed to elsewhere in the system. A reader who identifies as a patient there has told us it is. Rather than state either way, we would ask you to call the hospital and ask directly whether ketamine or Spravato treatment is available at Newton, and whether a referral is needed.
Current location and contact details are published at mercyone.org/newton.
Why the Insurance Question Matters Here
A hospital-based program is worth asking about for one specific reason. Esketamine (Spravato) is FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression, so commercial insurance and Medicare will usually cover it after a prior authorization. IV ketamine is used off-label and is almost always self-pay, commonly $350 to $600 per session. A health system that bills insurance directly can therefore be considerably cheaper than an independent cash-pay infusion clinic — and is more likely to accept Medicaid.
Ask whether the program runs the prior authorization for you, how many documented failed antidepressant trials they require, and what your share would be after authorization.
If you work at MercyOne and can confirm what is offered at the Newton campus, please contact us and we will update this profile the same day.
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