University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down

500 E Market Street, Iowa City, IA 52245 · (319) 339-0300

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

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

−$39.0Mnet income, all sources

−27.6%margin on patient care alone

$944,104cost of charity care (0.5% of costs)

$76,075unpaid bills written off (bad debt)

171beds

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	156	$65,768	$13,619
Heart failure, with major complications 291	97	$50,305	$8,643
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	56	$54,708	$9,066
Lung infection, with major complications 177	52	$63,703	$11,264
Heart attack, with major complications 280	47	$58,558	$10,886
Sepsis 872	43	$38,383	$6,972
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 468	33	$93,339	$18,425
Heart stent 322	31	$80,821	$12,006
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	26	$43,524	$5,945
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	25	$39,848	$6,608
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	22	$66,837	$13,429
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	21	$29,590	$5,976
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	20	$48,666	$6,725
COPD, with major complications 190	20	$50,610	$7,394
Respiratory failure 189	19	$55,177	$9,394
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	19	$72,783	$13,545
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	18	$30,807	$5,237
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$134,343	$32,675
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 282	17	$35,262	$4,897
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	17	$37,007	$5,842
Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc 390	17	$29,885	$3,823
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	17	$64,660	$8,095
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$29,281	$5,476
Heart attack, with complications 281	16	$37,307	$6,046
Pneumonia, with complications 194	15	$31,470	$5,563
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 455	14	$113,371	$30,103
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis Without Mcc 536	14	$26,054	$5,373
Heart catheterization 287	13	$46,308	$7,260
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 321	13	$94,890	$18,808
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 467	13	$103,413	$23,513
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	13	$66,820	$10,425
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	13	$48,676	$10,651
Anemia and blood disorders 812	13	$33,816	$5,711
Irregular heartbeat 310	12	$23,053	$3,937
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	12	$62,633	$12,353
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	12	$58,540	$9,716
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	12	$51,574	$9,340
Kidney failure, with complications 683	11	$34,529	$5,845

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