15/100
#2,297 nationally
Northwest Medical Center-Springdale
609 West Maple Avenue, Springdale, AR 72764 · (479) 751-5711
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northwest Medical Center-Springdale billed $9.34 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
- 9.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 81
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #31
- 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 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
150 | $32,894 | $2,281 | +69% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
137 | $64,742 | $8,629 | +8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $116,671 | $13,346 | +79% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $33,133 | $2,738 | +31% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $64,727 | $10,072 | +79% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
96 | $40,421 | $4,813 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $44,163 | $4,303 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $12,563 | $1,340 | +25% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $32,912 | $2,885 | +59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $70,096 | $9,031 | +61% |
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 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,859 | $9,003 | +222% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$222,683 | $14,763 | +133% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$69,975 | $6,406 | +129% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$142,533 | $9,274 | +111% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$301,206 | $20,847 | +110% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$212,488 | $16,480 | +109% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$65,286 | $6,888 | +109% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$100,737 | $8,763 | +108% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,227 | $5,629 | about average |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,898 | $1,351 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,742 | $8,629 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,765 | $3,215 | +12% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,421 | $4,813 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,318 | $1,605 | +22% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,693 | $5,301 | +23% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,174 | $7,771 | +24% |
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.