72/100
#578 nationally
Mary Greeley Medical Center
1111 Duff Avenue, Ames, IA 50010 · (515) 239-2011
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mary Greeley Medical Center billed $4.03 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 101
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #14
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% 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 |
646 | $9,892 | $1,994 | -16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
524 | $13,514 | $2,326 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
354 | $36,354 | $11,234 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
260 | $6,565 | $1,385 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $18,219 | $4,425 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $18,125 | $2,779 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $25,111 | $8,447 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $10,527 | $1,749 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $8,018 | $1,610 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $8,984 | $1,638 | -21% |
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 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,432 | $7,517 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$37,871 | $7,637 | -7% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$45,696 | $9,078 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,892 | $1,994 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,920 | $5,689 | -16% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$30,515 | $7,105 | -17% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$26,468 | $5,246 | -18% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$31,977 | $6,374 | -18% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$18,404 | $8,348 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,138 | $18,742 | -61% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$10,182 | $4,051 | -60% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$14,465 | $4,999 | -53% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,597 | $20,345 | -52% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,047 | $3,216 | -51% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$67,541 | $23,970 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,830 | $2,377 | -50% |
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.