4301 West Markham Street Mail Slot 612, Little Rock, AR, 72205 · (501) 686-5000
Beds
545
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$1.35B
FY 2025
Net income
$88.3M
Patient care margin 6.5%
Discharges
26,462
Occupancy 76.8%
Clinicians
1,040
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.35B | $1.26B | 6.5% | $88.3M | 26,462 | $36.8M | 17.6% | 14.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 9.3% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.7% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.3% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 12.6% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13% | US median 11.6% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $996.6M | $1.07B | -7.7% | -$18.1M | 23,241 | $35.4M | 16.2% | 14.3% |
| 2023 | $1.01B | $1.09B | -7.2% | $16.5M | 21,970 | $25.7M | 18.3% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | $1.03B | $984.1M | 4.3% | $44.8M | 22,599 | $25.0M | 19.2% | 19.0% |
| 2021 | $974.0M | $902.1M | 7.4% | $104.4M | 25,768 | $22.2M | 22.7% | 15.4% |
| 2020 | $881.8M | $841.4M | 4.6% | $56.8M | 27,078 | $27.9M | 24.1% | 16.5% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.1% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.94 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.47 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.02 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.85 | US median 0.72 |
| Surgical site infections after hysterectomy (ratio to expected) | 0.45 | US median 0.81 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 1.33 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.77 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 75% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 57% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 71% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 71% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 5% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 285 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 46% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 83% | US median 79% |
| 68 |
| $38,235.79 |
| $12,851.82 |
| $13,076.55 |
| DRG 847 CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 68 | $66,276.19 | $13,366.96 | $12,158.78 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 64 | $25,562.11 | $8,287.84 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 60 | $150,291.12 | $42,974.98 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 59 | $50,734.92 | $15,037.14 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 53 | $38,392.04 | $10,006.89 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 885 PSYCHOSES | 53 | $24,002.51 | $11,050.47 | $11,869.17 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 51 | $53,357.22 | $15,966.08 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 330 MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 43 | $59,818.65 | $16,764.77 | $18,026.21 |
| DRG 025 CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 43 | $100,496.00 | $32,170.72 | $37,824.45 |
| DRG 846 CHEMOTHERAPY WITHOUT ACUTE LEUKEMIA AS SECONDARY DIAGNOSIS WITH MCC | 42 | $87,708.93 | $22,057.62 | $27,886.37 |
| DRG 812 RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 42 | $19,192.62 | $7,131.40 | $7,177.67 |
| DRG 467 REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 41 | $65,582.95 | $26,630.90 | $26,100.04 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 1,677 | 1,164 | $1,897.88 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 705 | 651 | $1,846.36 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 377 | 352 | $909.74 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 372 | 304 | $1,275.38 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 333 | 285 | $1,277.82 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 306 | 109 | $456.60 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 305 | 216 | $1,582.04 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 298 | 285 | $9,504.30 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 250 | 206 | $1,879.02 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 219 | 216 | $4,862.60 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 197 | 122 | $994.70 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 192 | 173 | $2,010.96 | $2,373.24 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer Inc. PFE | 30 | $140K |
| Abbvie Inc. ABBV | 47 | $137K |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG | 12 | $113K |
| Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. TAK | 11 | $112K |
| Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC MRK | 2 | $108K |
| UCB, Inc. UCB.BR | 2 | $104K |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated VRTX | 3 | $101K |
| Biotronik Inc. | 8 | $98K |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 20 | $97K |
| Aadi Bioscience, Inc. | 19 | $35K |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Little Rock, AR with 545 beds, part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a 2-star overall rating.
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR has 545 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 450 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 26,462 inpatients that year, with 76.8% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), University of Arkansas Medical Sciences reported net patient revenue of $1.35B and operating expenses of $1.26B, a margin on patient care of 6.5%. After other income and expenses its net income was $88.3M (6.5% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences is part of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, a health system with 1 hospitals based in Little Rock, AR. It is a government-owned hospital.
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences provides emergency services.
1,040 Medicare clinicians list University of Arkansas Medical Sciences as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences had 3,092 Medicare inpatient stays in 115 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 400 stays; Medicare paid $16,172.88 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $1.7M in payments to University of Arkansas Medical Sciences as a teaching hospital ($682K general and $991K for research) from 84 companies.