86/100
#160 nationally
Baxter Health
624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653 · (870) 508-1000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baxter Health billed $3.07 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 104
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #6
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 88% 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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
486 | $4,891 | $1,742 | -57% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $31,907 | $11,691 | -49% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
238 | $6,049 | $2,434 | -69% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $22,009 | $6,395 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
199 | $5,416 | $1,435 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $13,755 | $2,926 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $2,159 | $615 | -31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
159 | $31,596 | $12,382 | -52% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
155 | $16,826 | $8,153 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
153 | $12,094 | $2,886 | -41% |
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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,732 | $1,533 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,907 | $15,528 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,877 | $1,829 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,682 | $9,515 | -17% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$120,018 | $27,391 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,477 | $9,808 | -28% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$88,247 | $20,590 | -29% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$133,214 | $30,334 | -30% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$14,881 | $8,180 | -71% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,510 | $4,852 | -71% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$10,107 | $5,482 | -69% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$23,367 | $12,255 | -69% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,049 | $2,434 | -69% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$69,737 | $38,958 | -69% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$13,198 | $7,490 | -68% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$10,547 | $5,358 | -67% |
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.