CostGrade
C

47/100

#1,355 nationally

Mercyone Clinton Medical Center

1410 North 4Th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 · (563) 244-5555

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercyone Clinton Medical Center billed $4.10 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
4.1x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
38
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IA
#24
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.

Inpatient charge markup 22.7/35

Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 9.1/25

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 14.3/30

Better than 48% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 1.0/10

Better than 10% 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 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

132 $12,553 $626 +300%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

102 $10,872 $2,068 -8%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

79 $17,618 $2,445 -9%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

70 $46,520 $14,275 -15%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

67 $54,661 $16,891 -16%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

53 $39,384 $11,608 -15%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $9,893 $1,485 about average
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $17,732 $2,990 -30%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

43 $22,398 $2,920 +17%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

42 $33,015 $11,189 -24%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,553 $626 +300%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,374 $1,769 +97%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,479 $1,468 +46%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,575 $3,194 +38%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,646 $1,866 +37%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,180 $2,603 +25%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,398 $2,920 +17%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,589 $4,741 +11%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,186 $1,473 -54%
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,737 $5,035 -54%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$19,834 $11,550 -45%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$37,373 $13,502 -39%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)

MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay

$18,683 $6,663 -39%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,962 $5,237 -37%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$31,204 $8,613 -31%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,732 $2,990 -30%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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