COPD Cost in Arkansas — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with major comorbidities.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for copd. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and (if needed) BiPAP or ventilator support
- IV steroids, antibiotics, and nebulizer treatments
- Chest imaging and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Pulmonologist and hospitalist professional fees
- Outpatient pulmonary rehab program
- Home oxygen equipment after discharge
- Long-term inhaler maintenance medications
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does copd best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
COPD Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation survive 30 days.
COPD Readmissions
COPD is among the most-readmitted conditions. Strong discharge planning and pulmonary rehab referral lower this.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For copd, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For advanced COPD with frequent exacerbations, a hospital with a strong outpatient pulmonary program may be worth paying more for.
- For patients being considered for lung volume reduction surgery or transplant, an academic medical center is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is home oxygen prescribed, and is the supplier in my insurance network?
- Is there a pulmonary rehab program available after discharge?
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Chambers Memorial Hospital
Danville, AR
Gross charge $9,898Cash pay $4,949 - 2
Baxter Health
Mountain Home, AR
Gross charge $17,384Cash pay $12,169Medicare pays (avg) $5,567 - 3
Forrest City Medical Center
Forrest City, AR
Gross charge $18,307Cash pay $10,984 - 4
Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc
Conway, AR
Gross charge $19,112Cash pay $4,969Medicare pays (avg) $6,540 - 5Gross charge $20,096Cash pay $12,057
- 6
Saline Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Benton, AR
Gross charge $31,019Cash pay $9,306Medicare pays (avg) $6,565 - 7
St Marys Regional Medical Center
Russellville, AR
Gross charge $57,020Cash pay $17,106 - 8
National Park Medical Center (Acute Care)
Hot Springs, AR
Gross charge $106,725Cash pay $32,017Medicare pays (avg) $5,771 - 9
CHI St. Vincent Infirmary
Little Rock, AR
Gross charge — - 10
Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs
Hot Springs, AR
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,739 - 11
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)
Jonesboro, AR
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,073 - 12
Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc
Little Rock, AR
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
West Memphis, AR
Gross charge — - 14
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Walnut Ridge, AR
Gross charge — - 15
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton
Morrilton, AR
Gross charge — - 16
Unity Health-White County Medical Center
Searcy, AR
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,672 - 17
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AR
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,987 - 18
Great River Medical Center
Blytheville, AR
Gross charge — - 19
Jefferson Regional
Pine Bluff, AR
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,061 - 20
Unity Health - Newport
Newport, AR
Gross charge —
Arkansas hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 190) anywhere from $9,898 to $106,725 — a $96,826 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Chambers Memorial Hospital in Danville; the most expensive is National Park Medical Center (Acute Care) in Hot Springs. The state average sits at $34,945.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists copd at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent copd admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Arkansas hospitals missing from the list either don't perform copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 190 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.