84/100
#242 nationally
St Bernards Medical Center
225 E Washington Ave, Jonesboro, AR 72401 · (870) 972-4100
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Bernards Medical Center billed $3.25 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 149
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #9
- 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 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,031 | $7,613 | $2,307 | -61% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
503 | $34,655 | $12,752 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
503 | $1,823 | $576 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
382 | $5,399 | $1,360 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
301 | $94,290 | $19,926 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
295 | $9,957 | $2,752 | -61% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
278 | $19,488 | $11,021 | -69% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $4,944 | $1,718 | -62% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
250 | $93,484 | $21,651 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
217 | $24,855 | $7,166 | -34% |
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 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$78,452 | $16,401 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,693 | $27,149 | -20% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications
MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay |
$55,714 | $14,725 | -22% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$60,782 | $14,879 | -22% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$93,484 | $21,651 | -25% |
|
Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 229 · Inpatient stay |
$110,918 | $24,888 | -27% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$94,290 | $19,926 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$67,455 | $14,498 | -29% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,988 | $4,296 | -72% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications
MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay |
$12,027 | $6,324 | -71% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,814 | $4,940 | -71% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$24,668 | $13,372 | -71% |
|
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic
MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay |
$12,061 | $5,696 | -71% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,757 | $4,860 | -69% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,533 | $15,688 | -69% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,488 | $11,021 | -69% |
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.