48/100
#1,309 nationally
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock
9601 Baptist Health Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205 · (501) 202-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock billed $5.17 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 214
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #27
- 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 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% 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 |
763 | $20,456 | $2,295 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
671 | $18,735 | $3,437 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
626 | $12,279 | $1,963 | +4% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
529 | $77,714 | $14,113 | +19% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
507 | $18,567 | $2,750 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
302 | $10,251 | $1,369 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
284 | $9,841 | $1,596 | -16% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
280 | $57,572 | $11,105 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
270 | $30,350 | $4,887 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
264 | $62,907 | $10,672 | +45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$72,893 | $11,212 | +102% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$84,559 | $15,069 | +69% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,744 | $1,500 | +56% |
|
Acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 834 · Inpatient stay |
$410,731 | $72,831 | +52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$62,907 | $10,672 | +45% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$147,737 | $23,138 | +31% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$88,117 | $11,050 | +31% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$62,938 | $8,797 | +30% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,657 | $18,051 | -48% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$127,227 | $41,556 | -47% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$100,432 | $32,003 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,179 | $9,148 | -45% |
|
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device
APC 5471 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,609 | $13,823 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,353 | $20,052 | -43% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$70,877 | $22,084 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,452 | $26,541 | -41% |
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.