68/100
#697 nationally
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
1600 West 40Th Avenue, Pine Bluff, AR 71603 · (870) 541-7100
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Jefferson Regional Medical Center billed $3.91 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 63
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #16
- 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 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 86% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
176 | $62,514 | $15,937 | -4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
165 | $37,379 | $10,434 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
121 | $13,427 | $2,883 | -30% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $16,344 | $2,929 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $6,503 | $1,444 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $13,923 | $4,615 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $49,330 | $9,783 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $52,454 | $11,675 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $20,302 | $5,178 | -42% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $20,014 | $8,386 | -55% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$49,280 | $8,965 | +18% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$63,068 | $13,717 | +15% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$59,748 | $11,553 | +10% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$194,397 | $35,055 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,105 | $1,458 | +6% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$48,646 | $10,775 | +4% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$49,330 | $9,783 | about average |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$260,039 | $56,332 | -3% |
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 |
$7,100 | $6,227 | -73% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,014 | $8,386 | -55% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,338 | $2,878 | -54% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,823 | $3,410 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,699 | $2,587 | -51% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,923 | $4,615 | -49% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,833 | $19,869 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,924 | $1,391 | -47% |
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.