72/100
#581 nationally
Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center
801 5Th St, Sioux City, IA 51101 · (712) 279-2010
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercyone Siouxland Medical Center billed $3.70 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #15
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $44,836 | $14,491 | -31% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $13,593 | $2,451 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $44,205 | $9,613 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $15,430 | $2,890 | -39% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $30,686 | $9,878 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $7,293 | $1,461 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $48,968 | $9,154 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $14,554 | $3,141 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $17,272 | $4,590 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $45,726 | $10,184 | -52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$51,114 | $8,655 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,375 | $2,496 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,005 | $1,836 | about average |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$81,764 | $14,861 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,521 | $6,447 | -6% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$48,451 | $12,136 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,743 | $3,117 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$38,817 | $10,280 | -17% |
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 |
$13,597 | $7,655 | -64% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$76,697 | $32,969 | -60% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$37,949 | $16,333 | -57% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,126 | $9,616 | -55% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$76,778 | $33,125 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,726 | $10,184 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,282 | $1,652 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,795 | $5,150 | -46% |
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.