DRG 065 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in Arkansas — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.

State average
$32,186
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$8,228 – $76,210
low to high
Lowest $8,228 Highest $76,210

Arkansas hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 065) anywhere from $8,228 to $76,210 — a $67,982 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 $32,186.

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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Chambers Memorial Hospital

    Danville, AR

    Gross charge $8,228
    Cash pay $4,114
  2. 2

    Magnolia Regional Medical Center

    Magnolia, AR

    Gross charge $10,218
    Cash pay $6,131
  3. 3

    Baxter Health

    Mountain Home, AR

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $16,299
    Cash pay $11,409
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,692
  4. 4
    Gross charge $19,175
    Cash pay $11,505
  5. 5

    Forrest City Medical Center

    Forrest City, AR

    Gross charge $19,261
    Cash pay $11,557
  6. 6

    Saline Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Benton, AR

    Gross charge $33,171
    Cash pay $9,951
  7. 7

    Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc

    Conway, AR

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,571
    Cash pay $8,728
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,029
  8. 8

    St Marys Regional Medical Center

    Russellville, AR

    Gross charge $73,542
    Cash pay $22,063
  9. 9

    National Park Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Hot Springs, AR

    Gross charge $76,210
    Cash pay $22,863
  10. 10

    CHI St. Vincent Infirmary

    Little Rock, AR

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,077
  11. 11

    Chi St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs

    Hot Springs, AR

    64 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,712
  12. 12

    Ouachita County Medical Center

    Camden, AR

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  13. 13

    NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Acute Care)

    Jonesboro, AR

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,335
  14. 14

    Arkansas Heart Hospital, Llc

    Little Rock, AR

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  16. 16

    Lawrence Memorial Hospital

    Walnut Ridge, AR

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  17. 17
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  18. 18

    Unity Health-White County Medical Center

    Searcy, AR

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,136
  19. 19

    University of Arkansas Medical Sciences

    Little Rock, AR

    40 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,560
  20. 20

    Great River Medical Center

    Blytheville, AR

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  21. 21

    Jefferson Regional

    Pine Bluff, AR

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,311

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