42/100
#1,542 nationally
University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 · (319) 356-1616
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Iowa Hospital & Clinics billed $4.68 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 254
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IA
- #27
- 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 43% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
3,128 | $7,443 | $595 | +137% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
845 | $11,855 | $2,054 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
689 | $9,458 | $1,770 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
670 | $9,430 | $1,415 | -6% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
626 | $25,934 | $2,415 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
520 | $10,642 | $1,559 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
477 | $27,785 | $3,603 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
412 | $20,226 | $2,461 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
398 | $110,861 | $20,996 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
344 | $59,924 | $11,534 | -4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$338,246 | $109,303 | +405% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Complications
MS-DRG 315 · Inpatient stay |
$100,426 | $13,823 | +142% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,443 | $595 | +137% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$115,428 | $20,624 | +105% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$84,416 | $13,178 | +104% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$61,859 | $11,829 | +98% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$63,061 | $10,690 | +91% |
|
Signs and Symptoms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 947 · Inpatient stay |
$103,395 | $16,341 | +89% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Implantation Wireless Pa Pressure Monitor
APC 5200 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,904 | $25,867 | -49% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,696 | $20,984 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,948 | $29,275 | -41% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$163,997 | $56,597 | -39% |
|
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Other Procedures Wi
MS-DRG 829 · Inpatient stay |
$114,037 | $30,869 | -39% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay |
$67,655 | $24,127 | -37% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,215 | $17,352 | -37% |
|
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with
MS-DRG 427 · Inpatient stay |
$199,152 | $63,089 | -35% |
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.