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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center?

3421 West Ninth Street · Waterloo, IA · 50702

Overview

Beds162
Discharges6,820cost report 2025
Occupancy51%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,628

Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, operated by MercyOne. Black Hawk County has 3 hospitals, 12 nursing homes and 4 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center is operated by MercyOne, part of Trinity Health.

Operator
MercyOne
Owner group
Trinity Health
Ownership type
Church
Sources

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Trinity Health

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$371.1M
Operating expenses$389.3M
Net income$34.1M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue9.2%
Uncompensated care cost$13.8M
Charity care cost$8.5M
Medicaid net revenue$115.8M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage24.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 67.1%
  • Medicare 19.8%
  • Medicaid 13.1%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 87194$15K
Psychoses · 88559$11K
Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 47055$14K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29141$10K
Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without MCC · 32235$14K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191196
Level 2 Urology and Related Services · 5372137
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072122
Level 1 Nerve Procedures · 5431114
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011114

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
3421 West Ninth Street · Waterloo, IA · 50702
County
Black Hawk County
State
Iowa
Hospitals in the county3
Nursing homes12
Urgent care centers4

4 off-site locations

Campuses, off-site emergency departments and outpatient departments under this hospital's certification.

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Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Allen HospitalWaterloo4.3 mi
Sartori Memorial Hospital, IncCedar Falls7.4 mi
Waverly Health CenterWaverly19.3 mi
Mental Health InstituteIndependence21.7 mi
Buchanan County Health CenterIndependence22.0 mi
Grundy County Memorial HospitalGrundy Center22.5 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital All Owners · irs_schedule_h · Company website
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
160067
NPI
1700827896
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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