51/100
#1,214 nationally
Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock
3333 Springhill Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72117 · (501) 202-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock billed $4.51 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 103
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #24
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
724 | $18,487 | $2,308 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
461 | $70,469 | $16,719 | +8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
311 | $53,414 | $11,082 | -14% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
207 | $32,694 | $5,945 | -18% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $17,870 | $2,745 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $16,150 | $2,945 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $9,542 | $1,371 | -5% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
168 | $50,035 | $10,968 | +15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
150 | $47,776 | $11,102 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $55,903 | $13,630 | about average |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,081 | $586 | +221% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,875 | $1,626 | +49% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$38,814 | $6,827 | +27% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$43,520 | $12,843 | +21% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$116,887 | $23,296 | +19% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$64,114 | $11,438 | +18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$50,035 | $10,968 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,170 | $2,602 | +14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,318 | $20,308 | -44% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$38,890 | $13,330 | -43% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,645 | $11,581 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,695 | $8,898 | -40% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$47,976 | $15,673 | -39% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay |
$112,646 | $37,899 | -36% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$41,642 | $13,640 | -35% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$73,224 | $21,542 | -32% |
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.