53/100
#1,174 nationally
Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi
1200 Pleasant Street, Des Moines, IA 50309 · (515) 343-1000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi billed $4.87 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 206
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #22
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,145 | $57,163 | $11,208 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
914 | $53,561 | $14,478 | -18% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
658 | $19,515 | $2,334 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
465 | $6,657 | $1,989 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
463 | $8,635 | $1,386 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
413 | $25,168 | $2,765 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
310 | $11,548 | $1,623 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
260 | $38,023 | $9,827 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
248 | $31,086 | $4,881 | -11% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
242 | $15,661 | $2,701 | -18% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,200 | $18,742 | +38% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 272 · Inpatient stay |
$145,316 | $17,557 | +37% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,338 | $3,289 | +25% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$233,663 | $33,912 | +23% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$183,435 | $29,224 | +22% |
|
Knee Procedures without Principal Diagnosis of Infection with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 488 · Inpatient stay |
$76,231 | $15,157 | +22% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$43,056 | $12,448 | +19% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,663 | $7,491 | +18% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,368 | $3,491 | -60% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$22,593 | $9,151 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,370 | $4,488 | -53% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$21,264 | $8,149 | -49% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Major Complications
MS-DRG 183 · Inpatient stay |
$38,623 | $11,789 | -45% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$99,805 | $25,960 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,657 | $1,989 | -43% |
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 464 · Inpatient stay |
$80,485 | $21,009 | -41% |
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.