84/100
#254 nationally
White River Medical Center
1710 Harrison Street, Batesville, AR 72503 · (870) 262-1200
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, White River Medical Center billed $3.17 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
- 3.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 89
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in AR
- #10
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 89% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
896 | $8,725 | $2,452 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
261 | $31,145 | $14,361 | -52% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
233 | $12,099 | $2,918 | -52% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
186 | $5,473 | $1,737 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $48,444 | $9,823 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $5,812 | $1,456 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $44,097 | $11,673 | -29% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
87 | $15,059 | $10,740 | -58% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $24,517 | $5,133 | -30% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $82,019 | $15,630 | -14% |
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 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$145,453 | $29,632 | about average |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,243 | $3,125 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,565 | $7,485 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,019 | $15,630 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,228 | $6,178 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,289 | $9,640 | -22% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,190 | $17,564 | -23% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,288 | $3,125 | -26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$9,483 | $6,991 | -71% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$22,648 | $14,162 | -70% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$15,570 | $7,565 | -66% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$12,519 | $6,766 | -65% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$12,719 | $7,083 | -63% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$19,313 | $9,897 | -62% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$9,086 | $4,554 | -62% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$15,594 | $8,472 | -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.