Mercy Iowa City is a Level 3 acute care hospital and regional specialty referral center for Southeast Iowa. Mercy Iowa City has multiple awards including: 

·       The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) 5 Star Rating as a Top 2% of all hospitals five consecutive years, the only hospital in Iowa to do so

·       Named a Fortune IBM/Watson Health 100 Top Hospital national ranking

·       A Fortune IBM/Watson Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospital national ranking

·       A Gold Plus Achievement Award for Stroke Care

·       Recipient of the Becker's Review Great 100 Community Hospitals National Award

·       Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award for Mercy’s Emergency Department - achieving 95th percentile for patient experience for thirteen consecutive years

·       The Center of Distinction Award from Healogics for Mercy’s Wound and Vein Center.

Mercy has 194 acute care beds, 25 private rooms for outpatient surgery, a 26-bed nursery with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, 28 primary and specialty care clinics, including orthopedic surgery, general and bariatric surgery, cardiovascular services, digestive health and more. Mercy Iowa City has a medical staff of 250 physicians representing all major medical specialties and most subspecialties and 1,350 employees.

Mercy Iowa City was founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1873 and became an affiliate of MercyOne in 2017.