To help you understand your bills, here are answers to questions patients often ask.
A hospital-based clinic is a department of the hospital. (This type of clinic also is called a hospital-based outpatient clinic or provider-based clinic.) Because it must follow the same strict government rules for safety and quality as hospitals, it is more complex and costly to operate. When you see a health care provider or receive services in a hospital-based clinic, you are receiving care that meets hospital standards.
Health care systems throughout the county have hospital-based outpatient clinics, which are approved by Medicare.
Cardiology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Eye Specialists-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Family Medicine-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Family Medicine, Mercy-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Hematology & Oncology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Internal Medicine-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Medicine Specialists-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Mental Health-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Nephrology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Orthopedics-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Pediatrics-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Pulmonology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Radiation Oncology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Surgical Specialists-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Urology-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Women's Health-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Wound Care-Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center
Depending on your health insurance coverage, you may pay more for some outpatient services and procedures at hospital-based clinics. Patients are responsible for co-payments, coinsurance or deductible amounts for both professional and facility charges after insurance has paid.
We advise you to call your health insurance provider to determine what your out-of-pocket expenses will be, if any, before receiving service.
Ask your health insurance company:
Does my insurance benefit plan cover hospital/facility charges in a hospital-based outpatient clinic?
How much of the charge is covered?
How much will be applied to the deductible?
How much will I owe out-of-pocket (coinsurance) after meeting the deductible?
Medicare or Medicare Advantage coinsurance (out-of-pocket) costs are based on Medicare’s prescribed rates for each of the two charges: hospital/facility and physician/professional. Medicare patients have a higher coinsurance amount for services at a hospital-based facility.
Medicaid patients pay two co-payments, one for hospital/facility charges and one for physician/professional services.
Insurance plans vary. Please call your health insurance provider.
What is the facility/hospital charge on my doctor bill? I didn’t go to the hospital.
When you receive service at a hospital-based clinic, you could receive two bills:
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Facility Fees – This bill is for use of the clinic, supplies and support staff.
Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Professional Services – The bill is for the health care provider’s services only.
To help control costs, health care providers and insurance companies agree on preset payment amounts for inpatient and outpatient care. These per case payments are based on the health problem and treatment, and patient age and gender.
Per case payments help control costs by encouraging care providers to deliver care efficiently. In most cases, per case payments are equal to or less than the amount charged. But in some cases, the payments are greater than charged.
If you have questions about a bill you have received, please call Patient Financial Services at 319-768-3625, option 2. If you have questions about insurance coverage, please contact your health insurance provider.