80/100
#331 nationally
Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore
1901 Encore Way, Bryant, AR 72019 · (501) 213-4500
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore billed $3.54 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $8,620 | $2,728 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $34,984 | $9,204 | -48% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $6,051 | $2,289 | -69% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $52,032 | $14,712 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
103 | $10,709 | $2,662 | -44% |
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $35,043 | $9,410 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
36 | $16,914 | $7,898 | -64% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
35 | $95,176 | $25,164 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $16,581 | $7,812 | -62% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
31 | $19,687 | $4,574 | -43% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,580 | $2,908 | -11% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$34,859 | $7,659 | -35% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 254 · Inpatient stay |
$48,311 | $10,866 | -37% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay |
$94,274 | $21,736 | -37% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay |
$43,980 | $11,301 | -38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,771 | $4,850 | -38% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 035 · Inpatient stay |
$55,886 | $14,315 | -41% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$95,176 | $25,164 | -42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$12,407 | $6,817 | -70% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,051 | $2,289 | -69% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$20,509 | $11,349 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,620 | $2,728 | -66% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$16,914 | $7,898 | -64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$16,581 | $7,812 | -62% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$16,065 | $6,907 | -61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$12,659 | $5,040 | -57% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.