67/100
#734 nationally
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas
2710 South Rife Medical Lane, Rogers, AR 72758 · (479) 338-8000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas billed $4.14 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 121
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #17
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
611 | $18,154 | $2,280 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
296 | $23,940 | $2,701 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
260 | $55,698 | $13,690 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $7,727 | $1,615 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
206 | $5,775 | $1,327 | -43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $34,081 | $10,907 | -45% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
175 | $15,740 | $4,347 | -43% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
149 | $37,051 | $9,302 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $49,200 | $9,116 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
144 | $18,645 | $4,840 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$55,733 | $10,449 | about average |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$37,860 | $7,888 | about average |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$23,447 | $4,817 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$28,876 | $6,340 | -3% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$30,579 | $6,748 | -4% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$31,500 | $6,919 | -4% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$29,108 | $6,912 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,257 | $1,718 | -5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,783 | $26,899 | -61% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,577 | $9,003 | -58% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,597 | $16,401 | -55% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay |
$108,578 | $41,937 | -55% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,416 | $3,019 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,789 | $8,489 | -53% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,751 | $18,409 | -53% |
|
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications
MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay |
$77,950 | $28,543 | -53% |
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.