Mercyone Clinton Medical Center

1410 North 4th Street, Clinton, IA 52732 · (563) 244-5555

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$7.8Mnet income, all sources

−15.0%margin on patient care alone

$3.4Mcost of charity care (3.9% of costs)

$721,749unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

107beds

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.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Lung infection, with major complications 177	70	$46,520	$14,275
Sepsis, with major complications 871	67	$54,661	$16,891
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	53	$39,384	$11,608
Heart failure, with major complications 291	42	$33,015	$11,189
Respiratory failure 189	32	$42,783	$10,549
Heart attack, with major complications 280	31	$37,373	$13,502
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	23	$31,648	$10,000
Pneumonia, with complications 194	21	$31,398	$7,024
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	18	$35,196	$8,364
Psychoses 885	18	$19,834	$11,550
COPD, with major complications 190	17	$30,746	$9,502
Sepsis 872	17	$30,833	$9,613
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	16	$39,569	$12,753
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	14	$18,683	$6,663
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	14	$50,485	$14,204
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	12	$31,204	$8,613
Lung infection, with complications 178	12	$26,736	$8,482
Mini-stroke (TIA) 069	11	$37,436	$6,848
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	11	$29,746	$6,314
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	11	$55,436	$15,346
Kidney failure, with complications 683	11	$27,806	$7,673

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