79/100
#388 nationally
University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612, Little Rock, AR 72205 · (501) 686-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, University Of Arkansas Medical Sciences billed $3.14 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 165
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #14
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,677 | $14,070 | $2,385 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
705 | $12,942 | $2,325 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
400 | $53,440 | $20,471 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
377 | $5,467 | $1,151 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
372 | $6,634 | $1,609 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
333 | $5,050 | $1,607 | -57% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $2,109 | $581 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
305 | $7,529 | $1,992 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
298 | $26,233 | $11,139 | -58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $12,100 | $2,363 | -37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$66,276 | $16,420 | +24% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$59,437 | $16,559 | +16% |
|
Level 4 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5094 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$101,324 | $15,076 | +6% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$49,429 | $14,394 | +4% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$148,761 | $37,572 | +4% |
|
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (car) T-cell and Other Immunotherapies
MS-DRG 018 · Inpatient stay |
$2,005,116 | $551,797 | about average |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$86,413 | $27,550 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$43,222 | $14,153 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face
MS-DRG 004 · Inpatient stay |
$125,891 | $79,261 | -77% |
|
Level 2 Nerve Procedures
APC 5432 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,277 | $3,374 | -74% |
|
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except
MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay |
$281,693 | $150,766 | -68% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,680 | $1,290 | -67% |
|
Major Head and Neck Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 141 · Inpatient stay |
$42,251 | $18,008 | -64% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,381 | $3,210 | -63% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$40,060 | $23,324 | -63% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,319 | $5,867 | -60% |
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.