79/100
#386 nationally
Trinity Regional Medical Center
802 Kenyon Rd, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 · (515) 573-3101
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Trinity Regional Medical Center billed $3.49 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 55
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #7
- 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 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
529 | $9,409 | $2,125 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $36,778 | $14,526 | -44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $29,302 | $9,506 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $11,623 | $2,464 | -54% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $14,364 | $2,484 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $9,724 | $2,920 | -49% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $1,386 | $626 | -56% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $7,588 | $1,769 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $50,984 | $12,041 | -18% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $30,582 | $8,993 | -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 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,411 | $6,554 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,984 | $12,041 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,947 | $16,032 | -19% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,409 | $2,125 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,993 | $9,776 | -20% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$41,031 | $8,279 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,351 | $4,788 | -24% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$22,980 | $5,456 | -25% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$18,350 | $6,672 | -58% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$75,839 | $35,918 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,386 | $626 | -56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,335 | $1,743 | -55% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,623 | $2,464 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,217 | $1,467 | -51% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$27,546 | $8,507 | -49% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$23,672 | $9,606 | -49% |
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.