78/100
#412 nationally
St Lukes Regional Medical Center
2720 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City, IA 51104 · (712) 279-3500
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Lukes Regional Medical Center billed $3.26 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #8
- 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 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% 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 |
307 | $8,749 | $2,336 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
270 | $42,094 | $14,946 | -35% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
95 | $10,554 | $10,615 | -71% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $5,771 | $1,379 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
91 | $24,522 | $9,806 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $19,846 | $2,773 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $41,827 | $9,052 | -19% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $95,412 | $20,327 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $11,830 | $2,735 | -38% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $38,648 | $12,526 | -30% |
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 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,147 | $20,174 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,037 | $28,144 | +11% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,104 | $16,682 | -12% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,961 | $11,278 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,827 | $9,052 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,846 | $2,773 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,207 | $9,433 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,825 | $4,904 | -25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$10,554 | $10,615 | -71% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay |
$11,904 | $7,110 | -69% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,432 | $3,213 | -63% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$32,597 | $13,891 | -57% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$13,249 | $5,796 | -57% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$19,727 | $7,726 | -57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$12,905 | $5,920 | -57% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$20,841 | $9,309 | -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.