# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, facility fee
- Prices as of: unknown
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 24 | $6,855.80 | $10,341.80 | $11,349.25 | $15,257.06 | $65,726.21 |  |  |
| Missouri | 2 | $8,831.20 | $8,947.40 | $9,063.60 | $9,179.80 | $9,296.00 |  |  |
| Oklahoma | 2 | $4,233.17 | $4,249.73 | $4,266.29 | $4,282.84 | $4,299.40 |  |  |
| Tennessee | 2 | $14,176.40 | $14,176.40 | $14,176.40 | $14,176.40 | $14,176.40 | $9,785.44 | 1.4x Medicare |
| Texas | 1 | $11,428.27 | $11,428.27 | $11,428.27 | $11,428.27 | $11,428.27 | $9,521.21 | 1.2x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/arkbcbs/statemap_743_US.html  
About this insurer's data, and its other procedures: [index.md](index.md)