88/100
#135 nationally
White County Medical Center
3214 East Race Avenue, Searcy, AR 72143 · (501) 278-3100
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, White County Medical Center billed $2.52 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
- 2.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 82
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #3
- 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 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 90% 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 |
501 | $10,545 | $2,492 | -46% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
318 | $35,085 | $15,331 | -46% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
126 | $29,832 | $13,273 | -46% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
103 | $20,209 | $10,740 | -57% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $25,897 | $11,574 | -51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
89 | $19,931 | $10,387 | -54% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $40,638 | $11,967 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $15,817 | $2,926 | -37% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $16,133 | $7,570 | -51% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $17,667 | $9,461 | -57% |
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 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$122,418 | $28,190 | +9% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$38,013 | $11,917 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,224 | $3,150 | -26% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$58,032 | $16,932 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,638 | $11,967 | -35% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$19,637 | $6,779 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,817 | $2,926 | -37% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$68,911 | $22,102 | -39% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,590 | $2,931 | -86% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$14,160 | $10,518 | -70% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,509 | $2,698 | -70% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$23,163 | $13,259 | -65% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$24,896 | $12,749 | -63% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$26,480 | $13,961 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,405 | $1,732 | -63% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$23,259 | $12,573 | -62% |
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.