Forrest City Medical Center
1601 NEWCASTLE ROAD, Forrest City, AR 72335
Forrest City Medical Center in Forrest City, AR has an average Medicare payment of $13,675 and a Value Score of C (60/100). Compare prices for 17 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Forrest City Medical Center
Forrest City Medical Center does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Average Medicare payment per documented procedure at Forrest City Medical Center is $13,675, near the national median for acute-care hospitals. Forrest City Medical Center's value rating (60/100) reflects solid quality-for-cost performance: not the absolute best on either dimension alone, but a strong combination.
Forrest City Medical Center is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. 17 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for Forrest City Medical Center. Top examples: Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC, Heart Failure and Shock with CC, Heart Failure and Shock with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $17,725 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $10,124 |
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $11,869 |
Cervical Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC DRG 473 · Orthopedic | $18,436 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $20,792 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $9,859 |
GI Hemorrhage with MCC DRG 378 · Digestive | $10,217 |
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure DRG 189 · Respiratory | $13,197 |
Signs and Symptoms without MCC DRG 948 · Other | $4,715 |
Spinal Fusion (Non-Cervical) with MCC DRG 460 · Orthopedic | $29,547 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $12,524 |
Cellulitis with MCC DRG 603 · Infectious | $13,652 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $6,818 |
Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement DRG 470 · Orthopedic | $21,890 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $6,296 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $8,739 |
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC DRG 193 · Respiratory | $16,082 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Forrest City Medical Center Compares
Forrest City Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $13,675, 2% above the Arkansas state average of $13,359. That is 14% lower than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Cardiac, where the typical payment is $14,557 (6% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (60/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Forrest City Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
Forrest City Medical Center has an average payment of $13,675 across 17 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Forrest City Medical Center does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Forrest City Medical Center has a Value Score of C (60/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Forrest City Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 1601 NEWCASTLE ROAD, Forrest City, AR 72335. Phone: (870) 261-0000.
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