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Miscellaneous Inpatient

Click here to view Estimated Charges for other services.

The information provided on this website is an estimate only. The actual charges and/or payments will be either lower or higher than the estimates on this website depending upon many factors--including but not limited to actual services rendered, complications and length of time you are receiving health care services.

The estimates are only for hospital services provided and billed by Mercy Medical Center - Des Moines and do not include any physician services.

The information provided on this web site is in no way a quote or a guarantee of the amount that you will owe or what the charges for a service will be. You will be held responsible for the actual amount you owe determined after services are rendered.

 

Procedure Average No.of Days in Hospital Median Hospital Charge 10th Percentile Hospital Charge 90th Percentile Hospital Charge Average Payment to Hospital DRG Code
Septicemia with other major medical conditions 8.1 $30,110 $13,122 $73,192 $11,014 871
Nutrition, Miscellaneous Metabolic Disorder (patients aged older than 17, without complicating conditions) 3.7 $10,055 $4,191 $20,645 $3,902 641
Kidney/Urinary Tract Infection (patients aged older than 17), without complicating conditions 3.5 $9,849 $5,617 $18,596 $4,258 690
Medical back problems without other major medical problems 4.0 $10,175 $5,119 $22,439 $4,283 552
Renal Failure with other major medical problems 7.0 $23,473 $9,446 $48,577 $7,800 682
Renal Failure with complications 4.9 $14,087 $6,494 $31,273 $7,003 683
Cellulitis (patients aged older than 17), without complicating conditions 3.8 $9,923 $3,657 $19,731 $4,474 603
Chemotherapy without acute leukemia as secondary diagnosiswith complications 2.3 $6,313 $2,263 $23,550 $5,717 847
Syncope & collapse 2.8 $10,812 $6,268 $17,752 $4,062 312
Uterine and adnexa procedure for non-malignancy without complications or other major medical problem(s) 2.4 $17,282 $13,777 $28,582 $5,893 743
Rehabilitation with complications or other major medical problem(s) 18.0 $21,332 $8,962 $57,614 $11,947 945
Rehabilitation without complications or other major medical problem(s) 10.6 $6,937 $4,773 $24,846 $4,706 946

 

Average Length of Stay: Total number of inpatient days divided by total number of discharges for the selected service. (Patients discharged on the same day they were admitted are considered to have stayed in the hospital one day.) Average length of stay reflects, in part, the medical complexity of the patients a hospital serves. Patients with more severe symptoms or complications will generally require longer hospital stays.

Median: The midpoint between the highest and lowest charge for the selected service; half the data values were above the median and half were below. For example, in the series 1, 4, 9, 12 and 33, the median is 9.

10th Percentile Charge: This amount represents a charge that is on the low end of the charges for that service.  Of all the patients having the selected service, approximately 90% had charges that were above this number and approximately 10% had charges that were lower than this number.

90th Percentile Charge: This amount represents a charge that is on the high end of the charges for that service.  Of all the patients having the selected service, approximately 10% had charges that were above this number and approximately 90% had charges that were lower than this number.

Average: This amount represents the average payment the hospital has received for the selected service, including all insurance and patient payments. In general, the payments received are lower than our charge for a service due to discounts given to insurance companies, the majority of uninsured patients and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

For patients with insurance, the patient’s co-pay, co-insurance and/or deductible is based upon the payment to the hospital and not the charge.  For example, if we charge $6,000 for a service but, due to our negotiated discount, the insurance company allows for payment to the hospital of $4,000. If the patient has a 10% copay, the patient would then be responsible for 10% of $4,000 (or $400).

DRG Code: A DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) is assigned to inpatient hospital services. DRGs are universal groupings used by Medicare and most insurance companies to clarify the type of inpatient care you receive. Insurance companies use the DRG code, along with a diagnosis code and the length of your hospital stay, to determine payment and reimbursement for your individual claims.