Russellville Area Hospital Prices
Cash and insurance-negotiated prices at hospitals in and around Russellville, AR. Part of all Arkansas hospital prices.
Typical commercial prices here are 5% below the fair benchmark (0.95×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Most affordable Arkansas hospital: St Marys Regional Medical Center (Russellville) at 0.95× the fair price (5% below benchmark).
Aligned Regional Benchmark Peer
St Marys Regional Medical Center prices shoppable and inpatient services (1.0× to 1.2× Medicare, divergence 1.20×) in alignment with regional hospital peers (0.95× Fair BaseRate). Reviewing plan-specific negotiated rates and cash discounts helps lock in the lowest out-of-pocket tier.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Elective shoppable care is priced 5% below peer Fair BaseRate (0.95×)
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 0% of shoppable procedures (50/100 Cash Honesty)
- 4-Star CMS clinical rating with 54% patient recommendation (67/100 safety score)
- Binding Good Faith Estimate rights under 45 CFR § 149.610 protect self-pay patients before scheduling
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 2.8× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (1.4×) & laboratory (1.4×) services average 1.20× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (1.0×)
- Specialty infusion drugs (J-codes) average 1.1× Medicare — verify per-unit billing on itemized statements
- Consolidated metro market (HHI 5,835) limits in-network hospital competition (Highly Concentrated Monopoly (>2,500))
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
Hospitals in the Russellville area
Ranked by how their prices compare to the fair BaseRate — best value first. The × fair figure is geo-adjusted. Tap any hospital for its full price list.
- St Marys Regional Medical Center · Russellville 77/100 38 priced 0.95× fair
- Dardanelle Regional Medical Center · Dardanelle 63/100 71 priced 1.27× fair
Compare prices by procedure in Russellville
Local prices across Russellville-area hospitals for 20 procedures.
- Blood transfusion
- Breathing treatment (nebulizer)
- Culture, blood
- Echocardiogram (heart ultrasound)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG, tracing only)
- Knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair
- Occupational therapy (self-care training)
- Occupational therapy (therapeutic activities)
- Physical therapy (gait training)
- Physical therapy (manual therapy)
- Physical therapy (neuromuscular re-education)
- Physical therapy (therapeutic exercise)
- Speech therapy (language evaluation)
- Total hip replacement
- Total knee replacement
- X-ray, ankle
- X-ray, foot
- X-ray, hand
- X-ray, hip
- X-ray, shoulder
No procedures match that search.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
Inpatient MS-DRG vs. Outpatient CPT Care-Setting Savings
Clinical Scope Note:Inpatient MS-DRG reflects a multi-day hospital admission (room, nursing, higher clinical acuity); outpatient CPT reflects the outpatient facility fee for clinically eligible low-acuity patients and excludes separate surgeon and anesthesia professional fees.
Clinical Scope Note:Inpatient MS-DRG reflects a multi-day hospital admission (room, nursing, higher clinical acuity); outpatient CPT reflects the outpatient facility fee for clinically eligible low-acuity patients and excludes separate surgeon and anesthesia professional fees.
Clinical Scope Note:Inpatient MS-DRG reflects a multi-day hospital admission (room, nursing, higher clinical acuity); outpatient CPT reflects the outpatient facility fee for clinically eligible low-acuity patients and excludes separate surgeon and anesthesia professional fees.
Clinical Scope Note:Inpatient MS-DRG reflects a multi-day hospital admission (room, nursing, higher clinical acuity); outpatient CPT reflects the outpatient facility fee for clinically eligible low-acuity patients and excludes separate surgeon and anesthesia professional fees.
Clinical Scope Note:Inpatient MS-DRG reflects a multi-day hospital admission (room, nursing, higher clinical acuity); outpatient CPT reflects the outpatient facility fee for clinically eligible low-acuity patients and excludes separate surgeon and anesthesia professional fees.
Prices are sourced from each hospital's federally-required public price file, most recently published October 2026. The BaseRate is a modeled fair-price estimate — not a bill or quote. How we build these numbers →