47/100
#1,339 nationally
Baptist Health - Fort Smith
1001 Towson Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901 · (479) 441-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health - Fort Smith billed $5.33 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 100
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #28
- 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 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
556 | $19,090 | $2,286 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
259 | $69,287 | $12,992 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
226 | $18,849 | $2,751 | -25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
167 | $41,365 | $8,567 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $9,642 | $1,320 | -4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
147 | $45,964 | $8,962 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $13,838 | $2,680 | -28% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $15,862 | $2,929 | -23% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $54,159 | $10,807 | about average |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
106 | $52,352 | $10,562 | -15% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,986 | $1,243 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,848 | $1,367 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,071 | $2,660 | +33% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$236,359 | $45,656 | +32% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,755 | $1,698 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,779 | $1,618 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,892 | $2,884 | +16% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$36,846 | $5,898 | +14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$36,675 | $10,837 | -52% |
|
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 035 · Inpatient stay |
$48,196 | $18,980 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,084 | $16,538 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,467 | $8,939 | -45% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$105,772 | $32,268 | -44% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,069 | $7,835 | -41% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$99,027 | $28,221 | -40% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$33,330 | $9,062 | -39% |
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.