US Health Care Costs

Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway

1555 Exchange Avenue, Conway, AR 72032 · (501) 585-2000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.4Mnet income, all sources
−7.1%margin on patient care alone
$4.4Mcost of charity care (5.1% of costs)
$1.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
106beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871181$67,613$13,307
Heart failure, with major complications 29180$51,093$8,998
Pneumonia, with major complications 19369$46,584$8,642
Heart attack, with major complications 28050$50,205$10,600
Lung infection, with major complications 17743$55,957$10,748
Kidney failure, with complications 68327$38,065$6,080
Respiratory failure 18925$37,294$9,002
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64025$39,064$8,437
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48124$68,777$13,686
Kidney failure, with major complications 68224$43,097$9,397
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68922$47,545$7,856
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30821$42,916$8,865
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69821$57,502$10,923
Sepsis 87221$36,006$6,934
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$28,914$5,496
Heart attack, with complications 28119$37,276$6,561
Heart stent 32219$78,691$12,570
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38917$29,973$5,776
Urinary tract infection 69017$31,212$5,552
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30915$30,712$5,209
Heart stent, with major complications or 4+ stents 32115$141,424$20,092
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64115$32,121$5,252
Heart catheterization, with major complications 28612$109,600$19,133
Irregular heartbeat 31012$24,802$4,032
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28211$38,882$5,090
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