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Pricing Information -Top 30 Procedures/Services
The following is the pricing of the Top 30 Procedures/Services at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa. After you select a specific type of diagnosis, the following information will be displayed:
- The patient count for that specific diagnosis at Mercy - North Iowa
- The average charge for the diagnosis
- The average lengths of stay for the diagnosis (if applicable)
- The average Commercial Insurance approved amount
- DRG code (if applicable)
Note: The information provided in this web site is intended to give patients an approximation of the prices and payments for the more commonly-provided health care services at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa. This information is not a contract for the actual amount patients will be required to pay. For more information about the results call Patient Financial Services at 641.422.7193 or toll-free 866.494.3001.
Definitions of Terms
- Patient Count
- The number of patients released from the hospital that received the selected diagnosis. Note: These are accounts that have been paid in full and does not reflect all of our volume for this time period.
- Average No. of Days in Hospital
- Average Number of Days in the Hospital is often referred to as length of stay. It is the total number of days a patient stays in the hospital. Patients discharged on the same day they are admitted are considered to have stayed in the hospital one day. Number of days in the hospital for patients within the same diagnosis can vary greatly due to differences in medical complexity. Patients with more severe symptoms or complications will generally require longer hospital stays.
- Average Charge
- Average charges represent the average amount billed by the hospital for a patient discharged for this diagnosis. Charges do not include physician fees. Accumulated charges for patients within the same diagnosis can vary greatly due to differences in medical complexity. Patients with more severe symptoms or complications will generally accumulate more charges.
- Average Commercial Insurance Approved Amount
- Average commercial insurance approved amount is the average amount commercial insurance companies have agreed to allow as payment for a patients stay with this diagnosis. Commercial insurance approved amounts include amounts that are the responsibility of the patient, such as co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles. Depending on a patient’s specific insurance company and contract, approved amounts can vary greatly.
- DRG
- A DRG stands for Diagnostic Related Group. It is a numeric code assigned to inpatients upon discharge based upon their diagnosis and procedures during their stay at the hospital. If “N/A” is displayed, this means the specific procedure is an outpatient procedure for which a DRG is not assigned.
- Average
- Average is calculated by totaling the charges, or days in the hospital, or commercial insurance approved amounts, and dividing each of those totals by the number of discharges for the particular diagnosis.