71/100
#619 nationally
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center
250 Mercy Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001 · (563) 589-8000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center billed $3.84 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 123
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #17
- 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 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
350 | $40,994 | $11,925 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
307 | $44,734 | $13,689 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
280 | $18,935 | $2,962 | -25% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $16,607 | $2,485 | -15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $32,145 | $8,891 | -26% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $20,259 | $4,694 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $8,770 | $1,463 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $16,140 | $3,179 | -22% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
111 | $34,495 | $11,329 | -37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $29,569 | $9,242 | -37% |
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 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,030 | $2,560 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,530 | $1,761 | +19% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,969 | $2,591 | +13% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$23,434 | $6,380 | +6% |
|
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications
MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay |
$232,919 | $40,703 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,524 | $3,088 | -3% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$34,109 | $9,817 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,355 | $3,492 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,130 | $7,746 | -68% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,016 | $5,011 | -67% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$24,855 | $12,642 | -65% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$30,689 | $13,680 | -62% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$53,679 | $23,542 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,345 | $9,729 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,407 | $21,600 | -60% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$40,794 | $15,800 | -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.
- 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.