85/100
#192 nationally
Mercy Hospital Fort Smith
7301 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72903 · (479) 314-6000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Fort Smith billed $3.04 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
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 130
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #7
- 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.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 91% 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 |
579 | $44,079 | $13,846 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
416 | $25,758 | $11,093 | -59% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
406 | $15,106 | $2,281 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
391 | $15,206 | $2,731 | -40% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
327 | $5,963 | $1,370 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
261 | $12,894 | $6,011 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
243 | $6,664 | $2,717 | -67% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $3,787 | $1,628 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
211 | $4,584 | $1,351 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
199 | $28,152 | $9,460 | -35% |
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 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,034 | $6,352 | -8% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$54,076 | $13,325 | -19% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,106 | $2,281 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,661 | $1,362 | -22% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$29,782 | $8,525 | -23% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$41,708 | $10,402 | -24% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$24,391 | $6,368 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$97,096 | $20,151 | -27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 326 · Inpatient stay |
$60,655 | $32,326 | -73% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,894 | $6,011 | -68% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,664 | $2,717 | -67% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,753 | $5,821 | -67% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,787 | $1,628 | -67% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,067 | $3,990 | -66% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,558 | $4,879 | -66% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,381 | $3,199 | -65% |
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.