Mercyone Centerville Medical Center

One St Joseph's Drive, Centerville, IA 52544 · (641) 437-4111

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Mercyone Centerville Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Centerville, Iowa (Appanoose County), with 20 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.41 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Iowa hospital ($3.72).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating

$2.41listed for every $1 its care costs Iowa typical $3.72

2 h 10 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

20beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%

70%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 10 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min

1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better

Pneumonia

14.7%

Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better

Pneumonia

16.3%

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$42what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$3.2Mnet income, all sources

−10.2%margin on patient care alone

$852,154cost of charity care (2.0% of costs)

$2.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

122full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

Nearby hospitals

16 miles awayPutnam County Memorial HospitalUnionville, MONot rated$2.04 listed per $1 of cost 21 miles awayWayne County HospitalCorydon, IANot rated$2.11 listed per $1 of cost 24 miles awayMonroe County HospitalAlbia, IANot rated$1.95 listed per $1 of cost 26 miles awayDavis County HospitalBloomfield, IANot rated$1.62 listed per $1 of cost 30 miles awayLucas County Health CenterChariton, IANot rated$1.38 listed per $1 of cost

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Distances are approximate: this hospital is placed by its ZIP code.