Ungraded
#1,070 nationally
Forrest City Medical Center
1601 Newcastle Road, Forrest City, AR 72335 · (870) 261-0000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Forrest City Medical Center billed $4.85 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 7
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #21
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
74 | $14,237 | $2,420 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $34,871 | $14,537 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $10,803 | $1,348 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $8,861 | $1,745 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $27,717 | $5,212 | -21% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
14 | $91,346 | $11,874 | +46% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $21,787 | $2,924 | +7% |
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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,346 | $11,874 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,803 | $1,348 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,787 | $2,924 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,717 | $5,212 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,861 | $1,745 | -22% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,237 | $2,420 | -27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$34,871 | $14,537 | -47% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$34,871 | $14,537 | -47% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,237 | $2,420 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,861 | $1,745 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,717 | $5,212 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,787 | $2,924 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,803 | $1,348 | +7% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,346 | $11,874 | +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.
- 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.