30 Iowa hospitals
Hospital record · FY2026CCN 160064
1Hospital
MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center
2Location
Mason City, IA
3Type
Minor teaching · 350 beds · Nonprofit · Rural
Net, three programs, FY2026 Estimate
−$322K
Net cut
Likely range −$373K to −$258K
All three programs’ FY2026 figures, the latest year they share. A program’s own pages may show a newer year.
- Readmissions−$188Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$64K
- Hospital-acquired conditions$0no cut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$546K
- Value-based purchasing−$134Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: +$114K
- Net, estimated−$322Kcut; median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay: −$295K
Median of its peers, scaled to this hospital’s pay
What if? Adjust any programA 0.58% net cut of Medicare inpatient pay, against a 0.53% cut at the median of 30 Iowa hospitals.
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Every program, among its peers
What if? Adjust any program Every program, among its peers
This hospital’s estimated FY2026 dollars in each program, beside the same 30 Iowa hospitals.
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Readmissions HRRP
Estimated FY2026: −$188K cut
FY2026 payment factor 0.9957. Of the 30 Iowa hospitals: 20 with a cut, 10 with no cut. Peer median, among those in the program: −0.12% of pay.
Its Readmissions page shows CMS’s FY2027 factor, 1.0000. This page uses FY2026’s, the latest year all three programs share.
Readmissions for this hospitalHospital-acquired conditions HACRP
Estimated FY2026: $0 no cut
CMS’s FY2026 decision: no cut. Of the 30 Iowa hospitals: 16 with the 1% cut, 14 with no cut. The HAC pages count only the hospitals CMS scored with a payment decision, with or without an estimate here.
Hospital-acquired conditions for this hospitalValue-based purchasing HVBP
Estimated FY2026: −$134K cut
FY2026 payment factor 0.9970. Of the 30 Iowa hospitals: 15 with a bonus, 12 with a cut, 3 not in the program. Peer median, among those in the program: +0.21% of pay.
Value-based purchasing: page under constructionNet, all three programs
Estimated FY2026, from CMS’s factors Estimate
−$322K
That is a 0.58% net cut of Medicare inpatient pay; the median of the 30 Iowa hospitals is a 0.53% cut.
A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals. This one moves each program’s payment factor; each program’s own pages have the measure-level what-if.
Every peer as a table (30 Iowa hospitals, alphabetical)
Source: CMS FY2026 program files (HRRP, HACRP, HVBP) and this site’s dollar model. Dollars are estimates of FY2026 effects on Medicare inpatient pay; percentages are each hospital’s estimated change divided by its estimated Medicare inpatient pay.
A cut is a program’s formula at work, not a verdict on a hospital’s care.