79/100
#364 nationally
Allen Hospital
1825 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50703 · (319) 235-3941
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Allen Hospital billed $3.46 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 88
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #6
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
358 | $17,206 | $2,776 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
248 | $5,648 | $1,353 | -44% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
208 | $29,438 | $13,966 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $47,505 | $9,366 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $2,813 | $580 | -10% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $11,141 | $2,291 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $42,855 | $11,079 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $8,828 | $1,742 | -32% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $15,832 | $10,440 | -56% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
86 | $20,470 | $9,484 | -53% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,953 | $7,069 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$136,790 | $28,061 | -8% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,813 | $580 | -10% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$169,664 | $33,342 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,648 | $17,120 | -15% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,197 | $7,880 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,149 | $1,370 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,571 | $20,267 | -19% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$25,574 | $13,393 | -66% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$23,038 | $12,068 | -62% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$20,596 | $10,519 | -61% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$13,273 | $5,525 | -60% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$19,244 | $10,121 | -60% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$33,022 | $15,210 | -60% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$35,055 | $15,134 | -60% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$18,501 | $7,109 | -59% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.