75/100
#492 nationally
Methodist Jennie Edmundson
933 East Pierce Street, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 · (712) 396-6000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Methodist Jennie Edmundson billed $3.65 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #11
- 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 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
152 | $13,001 | $9,675 | -64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $20,736 | $2,941 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $37,753 | $11,751 | -40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $45,832 | $13,497 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $8,256 | $1,461 | -18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $11,876 | $2,467 | -39% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $37,127 | $10,662 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $28,913 | $6,447 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
60 | $13,061 | $2,872 | -32% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
55 | $27,965 | $8,958 | -36% |
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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,749 | $6,167 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,743 | $6,163 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,368 | $7,148 | about average |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,124 | $5,876 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,563 | $1,443 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,273 | $2,999 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$126,946 | $29,558 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,880 | $9,906 | -16% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$13,001 | $9,675 | -64% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,383 | $1,529 | -62% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$27,776 | $12,144 | -61% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$14,915 | $6,907 | -59% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$13,155 | $6,329 | -57% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications
MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay |
$25,544 | $9,913 | -56% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$25,469 | $10,231 | -55% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$18,591 | $8,297 | -54% |
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.