53/100
#1,177 nationally
Washington Regional Medical Center
3215 N North Hills Boulevard, Fayetteville, AR 72703 · (479) 463-5113
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Washington Regional Medical Center billed $5.04 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 139
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #22
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 35% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 62% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 78% 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 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
487 | $15,763 | $2,729 | -38% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
454 | $45,669 | $10,932 | -27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
417 | $14,795 | $2,251 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
250 | $61,904 | $9,080 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $19,568 | $2,864 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
171 | $64,675 | $13,404 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
161 | $42,617 | $8,748 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $11,363 | $1,324 | +13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
158 | $14,900 | $2,630 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $27,224 | $4,695 | -22% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,551 | $1,678 | +44% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,471 | $2,319 | +30% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,927 | $4,400 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,793 | $5,449 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,363 | $1,324 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,414 | $7,166 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,474 | $2,397 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,457 | $3,215 | +7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$29,532 | $16,398 | -70% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay |
$44,150 | $14,526 | -55% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$34,791 | $10,390 | -49% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Complications
MS-DRG 086 · Inpatient stay |
$29,597 | $9,246 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,356 | $8,947 | -47% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$102,963 | $28,629 | -47% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$66,699 | $19,915 | -44% |
|
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications
MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay |
$42,765 | $11,911 | -42% |
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.