CostGrade
A

80/100

#341 nationally

Finley Hospital

350 North Grandview Avenue, Dubuque, IA 52001 · (563) 582-1881

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Finley Hospital billed $3.59 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
3.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
59
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IA
#4
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.

Inpatient charge markup 27.6/35

Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 18.7/25

Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 25.7/30

Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.3/10

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 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

615 $9,809 $1,978 -17%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

205 $47,848 $11,151 -23%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

177 $30,757 $12,888 -53%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

153 $8,643 $1,652 -24%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

114 $21,753 $8,717 -50%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

107 $11,379 $2,272 -41%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

97 $13,995 $2,746 -31%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

92 $25,283 $6,067 -37%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $7,379 $1,387 -27%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

55 $14,968 $2,792 -41%

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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$106,689 $26,487 -5%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,512 $1,742 -11%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,809 $1,978 -17%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$18,775 $3,203 -17%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,077 $2,982 -17%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,219 $1,375 -18%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,848 $11,151 -23%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,394 $5,855 -24%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$20,360 $10,019 -67%
Diabetes with Major Complications

MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay

$19,235 $9,489 -66%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$27,702 $11,329 -64%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$12,088 $5,386 -60%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$75,131 $30,266 -58%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

$17,564 $6,502 -57%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$14,403 $6,070 -56%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$13,429 $6,152 -56%

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.
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