CostGrade
B

77/100

#424 nationally

Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs

300 Werner Street, Hot Springs, AR 71903 · (501) 622-1000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs billed $3.52 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
3.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
121
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in AR
#15
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 22.5/35

Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.1/25

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.8/30

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.8/10

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
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

557 $43,507 $13,386 -33%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

520 $16,603 $2,503 -15%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

254 $8,047 $1,475 -20%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

238 $15,687 $2,965 -38%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

187 $27,400 $12,018 -56%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

187 $8,881 $1,766 -22%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

171 $9,057 $1,860 -30%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

163 $29,259 $9,003 -33%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

145 $32,630 $9,364 -30%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

136 $21,019 $6,445 -47%

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
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$56,745 $10,203 about average
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit

$35,253 $7,804 -7%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,031 $3,501 -12%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,584 $2,610 -12%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

$55,322 $11,809 -14%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,603 $2,503 -15%
Skin Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay

$43,218 $9,484 -16%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$26,050 $6,074 -18%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face

MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay

$140,791 $45,527 -74%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur without

MS-DRG 494 · Inpatient stay

$26,279 $13,316 -70%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$26,633 $14,115 -69%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$27,764 $12,811 -65%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications

MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay

$38,896 $16,385 -60%
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,643 $6,282 -59%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications

MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay

$60,675 $20,898 -56%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,400 $12,018 -56%

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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