US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in Arkansas

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$38,465typical hospital bill
$9,503typical amount paid
$8,343–$14,454range paid across 20 hospitals

Arkansas hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,465 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Baptist Health - Fort SmithFort Smith40$43,694$8,343
Baxter HealthMountain Home32$16,763$8,392
Baptist Health Medical Center- ConwayConway25$39,064$8,437
Saline Memorial HospitalBenton14$27,327$8,522
Baptist Memorial Hospital Jonesboro, Inc.Jonesboro67$39,279$8,937
St Bernards Medical CenterJonesboro40$29,571$9,002
Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers24$35,112$9,031
Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville28$41,630$9,173
Conway Regional Medical Center, IncConway22$40,634$9,405
Northwest Medical Center-SpringdaleSpringdale17$69,824$9,482
Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot SpringsHot Springs41$36,064$9,525
Baptist Health Medical Center-Drew CountyMonticello14$31,110$9,596
Chi-St Vincent InfirmaryLittle Rock40$37,865$9,697
Mercy Hospital Fort SmithFort Smith51$29,812$9,753
White River Medical CenterBatesville22$20,269$9,951
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little RockLittle Rock80$51,648$9,956
Jefferson Regional Medical CenterPine Bluff40$40,666$10,747
White County Medical CenterSearcy31$19,884$10,940
Baptist Health Medical Center North Little RockNorth Little Rock42$41,489$11,501
University of Arkansas Medical SciencesLittle Rock38$40,424$14,454

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.