54/100
#1,138 nationally
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center
1000 Fourth Street Sw, Mason City, IA 50401 · (641) 428-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center billed $4.38 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 114
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #19
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% 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 |
511 | $858 | $662 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
341 | $9,785 | $1,561 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
291 | $16,402 | $3,153 | -35% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
286 | $15,305 | $2,585 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $7,264 | $1,963 | -44% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $57,621 | $12,565 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
181 | $59,899 | $15,728 | -8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $41,400 | $10,612 | -5% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $46,022 | $6,869 | +15% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
127 | $41,960 | $12,033 | +16% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,440 | $1,871 | +80% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,553 | $3,630 | +61% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,598 | $3,138 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,104 | $3,695 | +60% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,691 | $5,604 | +59% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$286,168 | $35,838 | +56% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,101 | $3,030 | +55% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,325 | $3,121 | +49% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$858 | $662 | -73% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,848 | $1,478 | -71% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,134 | $31,792 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,079 | $22,788 | -55% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,628 | $18,181 | -49% |
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,656 | $28,090 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,923 | $7,887 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,264 | $1,963 | -44% |
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.