Buena Vista Regional Medical Center
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center in Storm Lake, IA. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
1525 WEST 5TH STREET, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Quality Measures
Price Transparency Data
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), all hospitals must publish machine-readable files with their standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure is expanding its MRF dataset, check back for published prices from this hospital.
Learn about hospital price transparency →Understanding Buena Vista Regional Medical Center's Pricing & Quality Profile
Buena Vista Regional Medical Center is a government - local-owned critical access hospitals in Storm Lake, IA, reporting to CMS under the Hospital Compare and Care Compare programs. This hospital carries a 3-out-of-5 CMS Star Rating, a single blended score rolling up mortality, patient safety, readmissions, patient experience, and care timeliness relative to peer facilities nationwide. The facility reports emergency services, which affects both the case mix and the likelihood that patients encounter out-of-network balance-billing exposure under the No Surprises Act.
CMS rates each quality indicator as better, same, or worse than the national average -- mortality comes in at 3 same as avg, patient safety at 1 same as avg, and 30-day readmission at 7 same as avg.
What "better/same/worse than average" means
These indicators are risk-adjusted to account for patient severity and are drawn from Medicare claims data. A "same as average" result is the most common category for US hospitals and does not imply poor care; "worse than average" findings are statistically significant and warrant follow-up with the facility's quality department.
Published MRF pricing data is not currently indexed for this hospital.
Using this data to shop for care
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, providers must post standard charges in a machine-readable file; contact the hospital's billing office directly for a Good Faith Estimate specific to your procedure and coverage. Patients should always verify insurance network status, request an itemized estimate before scheduled procedures, and compare negotiated rates across multiple facilities when time allows. This page provides publicly reported CMS data for informational reference, not medical or financial advice.
Contact
(712) 732-4030
1525 WEST 5TH STREET, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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Every figure on PlainProcedure is rendered directly from CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on two separate CMS sources: pricing figures from CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners claims data, and the overall Star Rating from the CMS Care Compare / Hospital Compare quality-reporting program. No figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.