43/100
#1,491 nationally
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center
1111 6Th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50314 · (515) 247-4436
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center billed $5.36 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 188
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #25
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% 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 |
701 | $26,390 | $2,315 | +36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
529 | $75,365 | $14,172 | +16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
499 | $47,350 | $11,168 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
408 | $24,124 | $2,766 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
303 | $82,511 | $20,021 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
249 | $10,086 | $1,374 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
241 | $53,687 | $9,536 | +24% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $118,786 | $15,698 | +43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $19,778 | $2,715 | +4% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $25,925 | $4,351 | -6% |
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 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,120 | $1,201 | +74% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,263 | $1,619 | +55% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$73,563 | $8,020 | +50% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$62,041 | $7,735 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,340 | $1,652 | +44% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,786 | $15,698 | +43% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$44,866 | $5,874 | +37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,390 | $2,315 | +36% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
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.