CostGrade
A

88/100

#132 nationally

Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown

55 Unitypoint Way, Marshalltown, IA 50158 · (641) 754-5151

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown billed $2.95 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
3.0x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
19
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in IA
#3
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.

Inpatient charge markup 33.1/35

Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 20.2/25

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.0/30

Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.8/10

Better than 88% 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

483 $9,135 $2,135 -22%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

60 $11,871 $2,483 -39%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

53 $23,823 $17,510 -63%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $45,940 $12,082 -26%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

34 $7,082 $1,490 -30%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $30,666 $6,576 -23%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

25 $17,478 $11,384 -60%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

20 $23,205 $11,737 -50%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

20 $10,006 $2,975 -51%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

20 $20,896 $5,093 -40%

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 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,135 $2,135 -22%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$30,666 $6,576 -23%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,409 $1,775 -26%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$45,940 $12,082 -26%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,082 $1,490 -30%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,756 $1,749 -34%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,854 $3,180 -36%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,871 $2,483 -39%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$23,823 $17,510 -63%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$17,478 $11,384 -60%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$22,390 $14,845 -59%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

$20,137 $10,955 -58%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$17,207 $9,386 -56%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,006 $2,975 -51%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,478 $2,930 -50%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$23,205 $11,737 -50%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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