75/100
#480 nationally
Broadlawns Medical Center
1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50314 · (515) 282-2200
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Broadlawns Medical Center billed $3.40 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 20
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #10
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $12,636 | $2,306 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $965 | $586 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $7,220 | $1,965 | -39% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $16,563 | $4,413 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $12,910 | $2,992 | -37% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $5,199 | $2,763 | -73% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $54,785 | $23,926 | +52% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $6,186 | $1,748 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $8,400 | $1,392 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $6,287 | $1,657 | -45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$54,785 | $23,926 | +52% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,655 | $15,963 | +16% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$35,681 | $15,567 | +10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,533 | $6,140 | +9% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,381 | $5,874 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,400 | $1,392 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,430 | $2,778 | -24% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,569 | $7,907 | -31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,199 | $2,763 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$965 | $586 | -69% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,694 | $11,283 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,186 | $1,748 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,728 | $1,379 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,287 | $1,657 | -45% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,563 | $4,413 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$29,298 | $15,926 | -39% |
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.