80/100
#332 nationally
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
5201 North Shore Drive, No Little Rock, AR 72118 · (501) 748-8000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Arkansas Surgical Hospital billed $3.37 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
- 3.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 25
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,013 | $38,038 | $11,044 | -39% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
442 | $17,347 | $6,010 | -56% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
383 | $8,277 | $1,638 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
238 | $8,383 | $2,708 | -59% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
203 | $5,720 | $1,358 | -49% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $52,413 | $15,327 | -37% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
104 | $78,519 | $16,815 | -28% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $42,456 | $11,854 | -47% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $81,341 | $21,705 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $8,387 | $5,521 | -79% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,319 | $26,541 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,277 | $1,638 | -27% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$78,519 | $16,815 | -28% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,413 | $15,327 | -37% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$81,341 | $21,705 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,306 | $1,327 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,038 | $11,044 | -39% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$59,151 | $15,912 | -42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,900 | $3,267 | -79% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,387 | $5,521 | -79% |
|
Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Operating Room Procedures without
MS-DRG 517 · Inpatient stay |
$15,843 | $9,569 | -79% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$20,526 | $12,821 | -76% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,744 | $5,862 | -74% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,889 | $2,935 | -71% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 520 · Inpatient stay |
$18,716 | $9,020 | -71% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$56,116 | $28,808 | -68% |
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.