CostGrade
C

57/100

#1,036 nationally

Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.

4800 East Johnson Avenue, Jonesboro, AR 72405 · (870) 972-7000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc. billed $4.76 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
4.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
111
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AR
#21
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.

Inpatient charge markup 13.9/35

Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.2/25

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.8/30

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.3/10

Better than 73% 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

410 $20,733 $2,265 +7%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

398 $59,579 $13,342 -9%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

255 $34,260 $10,800 -45%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

241 $37,263 $8,726 -14%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

233 $26,143 $2,723 +4%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

142 $11,598 $1,341 +15%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

130 $78,229 $9,227 +16%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

117 $42,852 $8,866 -8%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

108 $24,948 $5,856 -37%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

96 $18,519 $2,642 -3%

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

$4,008 $576 +28%
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)

MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay

$117,774 $12,408 +16%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$78,229 $9,227 +16%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,598 $1,341 +15%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit

$59,053 $9,003 +15%
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,695 $7,166 +13%
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)

MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay

$157,710 $22,708 +10%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$20,733 $2,265 +7%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,941 $5,769 -66%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$46,487 $26,118 -59%
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,634 $15,361 -55%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 482 · Inpatient stay

$35,101 $10,529 -49%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,363 $2,392 -48%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$44,736 $14,807 -48%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,814 $2,730 -47%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$62,954 $18,025 -46%

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.
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