Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center

3421 West Ninth Street, Waterloo, IA 50702 · (319) 272-8000

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

The money

$27what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$34.1Mnet income, all sources

−4.9%margin on patient care alone

$8.5Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)

$19.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

137beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 871	94	$45,767	$14,650
Psychoses 885	59	$13,783	$10,807
Hip or knee replacement 470	55	$78,594	$14,121
Heart failure, with major complications 291	41	$29,857	$10,095
Heart stent 322	35	$79,278	$13,589
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence Without Rehabilitation Therapy Without Mcc 897	27	$22,896	$7,266
Sepsis 872	26	$27,691	$8,560
COPD, with major complications 190	24	$32,882	$8,831
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	23	$32,834	$7,972
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	23	$25,175	$6,512
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	22	$76,286	$15,758
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	21	$17,179	$6,337
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	19	$98,481	$21,614
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	18	$33,067	$10,164
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	18	$38,730	$13,432
Heart catheterization 287	17	$47,559	$8,505
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	17	$29,339	$9,467
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	17	$134,472	$32,161
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	16	$26,284	$7,748
Heart attack, with major complications 280	16	$27,539	$10,586
Back problems (no surgery) 552	16	$26,855	$7,805
Lung infection, with major complications 177	14	$37,797	$12,864
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	14	$23,332	$6,703
Urinary tract infection 690	14	$28,661	$6,658
Heart catheterization, with major complications 286	13	$64,435	$14,827
Kidney failure, with complications 683	13	$22,107	$7,328
Respiratory failure 189	12	$21,145	$9,614
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	12	$26,797	$9,351
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Cc 083	11	$33,977	$10,640
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	11	$18,670	$6,465

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