Manning Regional Healthcare Center
1550 Sixth Street, Manning, IA 51455 · 96 Priced Procedures
Typical commercial prices here are +29% above the fair benchmark (1.29×) even after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Manning Regional Healthcare Center prices routine shoppable procedures near 1.6× Medicare (p50 1.04×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 1.8× Medicare (p75 1.95×, +87% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 0.72× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 55% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (69/100 safety score) with 72% patient recommendation
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (70.0% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Even at low-cost facilities (1.29× Fair BaseRate), out-of-network or unnegotiated chargemaster bills can exceed commercial medians — confirm in-network status or request a self-pay cash quote up front.
- Captive ER (0.4×) & laboratory (1.9×) services average 1.13× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (1.6×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 1.95×) jump +87% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 1.04×)
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 9,321) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Procedure Prices at Manning Regional Healthcare Center
High-impact clinical procedures (MRIs, surgeries, inpatient stays, visits) are prioritized first. Use the category pills or search bar to filter all 96 published procedures.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Manning Regional Healthcare Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $9,890
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (70.0% of gross = $9,890).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($10,032) Beats Your Bill
Manning Regional Healthcare Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $10,032 (vs. $10,032 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $8,223 Fair BaseRate ($5,676 Medicare)
Your bill ($14,129) is $5,906 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($8,223) and 2.5× the $5,676 Medicare rate.
Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) & Amounts Generally Billed (AGB)
Hospital-Specific CMS HCRIS Benchmark (70.0% of gross charges)
Under 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5), a tax-exempt hospital organization may not bill FAP-eligible patients more than Amounts Generally Billed (AGB) to individuals with insurance covering emergency or medically necessary care. Derived from this facility’s reported CMS HCRIS cost-to-charge & insurer allowance filings. Verify your exact Financial Assistance Policy (FAP) determination directly with the billing office.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
CMS Price Transparency Administrative Enforcement Log
Factual public administrative actions published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding 45 CFR § 180 compliance at Manning Regional Healthcare Center. Prior administrative notices do not necessarily reflect current compliance status.
- 2025-07-11·administrative_or_closure
Met Requirements
Recorded - 2024-04-01·administrative_or_closure
Met Requirements
Recorded - 2023-12-01·administrative_or_closure
Met Requirements
Recorded
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
2D regional comparison of commercial negotiated price index against CMS clinical quality composite for Manning Regional Healthcare Center.
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.