52/100
#1,201 nationally
Saline Memorial Hospital
1 Medical Park Drive, Benton, AR 72015 · (501) 776-6000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saline Memorial Hospital billed $4.71 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 39
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #23
- 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 48% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% 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 |
117 | $14,406 | $2,314 | -26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $43,632 | $12,906 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $16,296 | $2,763 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
53 | $27,110 | $8,631 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $33,803 | $5,948 | -15% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
50 | $31,402 | $8,894 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $73,199 | $10,520 | +17% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $19,158 | $2,775 | -6% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $22,154 | $5,663 | -26% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $80,270 | $13,839 | -6% |
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 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,788 | $1,378 | +50% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$105,852 | $13,171 | +32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,611 | $1,372 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,181 | $1,589 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,199 | $10,520 | +17% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$34,592 | $6,206 | +13% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$114,468 | $16,775 | +11% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,257 | $2,931 | +9% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$17,299 | $5,492 | -47% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$21,738 | $8,107 | -47% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$27,327 | $8,522 | -44% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$35,288 | $10,105 | -43% |
|
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Complications
MS-DRG 493 · Inpatient stay |
$59,272 | $15,579 | -42% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$18,235 | $5,334 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$29,443 | $8,336 | -39% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$18,782 | $5,572 | -39% |
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.