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Arkansas Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Arkansas — drawn from 26 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Arkansas, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
Urinalysis with Microscopy$3 – $46$525
CT Chest without Contrast$108 – $1,373$24525
CT Head without Contrast$106 – $1,268$19925
MRI Knee without Contrast$223 – $2,342$42922
Newborn Circumcision$196 – $1,960$1,31317
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel$11 – $112$1326
MRI Thoracic Spine (Mid-back) without Contrast$223 – $2,184$33723
MRI Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) without Contrast$223 – $2,127$36823

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Arkansas, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) Treatment$392$1,738
Breast Biopsy (Ultrasound-guided)$1,046$3,926
Group Therapy Session$121$388
MRI Abdomen with and without Contrast$1,300$4,109
Individual Therapy Session (45 Minutes)$120$364
PET/CT Scan, Whole Body$2,297$6,507

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Arkansas

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$22,0519
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$14,2828
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$10,19313
Total Hip Replacement$9,92811
Total Knee Replacement$9,92811
Pacemaker Insertion (Dual Chamber)$7,59414

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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