86/100
#159 nationally
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc
1701 S Shackleford Road, Little Rock, AR 72211 · (501) 219-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc billed $3.06 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 52
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% 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 |
2,540 | $7,615 | $2,725 | -70% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
727 | $26,662 | $9,179 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
389 | $66,033 | $19,640 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
205 | $46,182 | $14,353 | -52% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $6,296 | $2,291 | -68% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
173 | $8,927 | $3,450 | -65% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $30,008 | $8,747 | -42% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $8,365 | $4,632 | -73% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
144 | $78,970 | $24,973 | -57% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $18,138 | $7,700 | -58% |
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 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,727 | $1,346 | about average |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,429 | $16,226 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,228 | $7,141 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,422 | $25,181 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,881 | $18,906 | -33% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,008 | $8,747 | -42% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$54,486 | $13,928 | -42% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay |
$43,753 | $11,211 | -43% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$8,365 | $4,632 | -73% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$11,066 | $4,377 | -71% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$9,561 | $5,295 | -71% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$18,311 | $9,474 | -70% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$16,289 | $6,706 | -70% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,615 | $2,725 | -70% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$14,299 | $7,399 | -70% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$9,452 | $4,727 | -69% |
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.