Commercial rate index · state cell
Arkansas healthcare rate index
Commercial contracted rates in Arkansas run 0.91x the national Medicare fee schedule across the office-visit basket. On the Reddenda index, where 100 is the national standard, Arkansas prints 95.1, ranked 37 of 51 states.
Index 95.1
0.91x Medicare
21,399 verified rate points
8/8 basket codes published
The basket, code by code
as of 2026-07-15| CPT | Service | State median | vs Medicare | Rate points | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99202 | Office visit, new patient, 15-29 min | $87.51 | 1.23x | 3,929 | Benchmark |
| 99203 | Office visit, new patient, 30-44 min | $105.22 | 0.95x | 1,230 | Benchmark |
| 99204 | Office visit, new patient, 45-59 min | $168.22 | 1.01x | 1,288 | Benchmark |
| 99205 | Office visit, new patient, 60-74 min | $228.22 | 1.04x | 10,090 | Benchmark |
| 99212 | Office visit, established patient, 10-19 min | $47.75 | 0.84x | 1,055 | Benchmark |
| 99213 | Office visit, established patient, 20-29 min | $80.08 | 0.87x | 1,206 | Benchmark |
| 99214 | Office visit, established patient, 30-39 min | $114.98 | 0.87x | 1,264 | Benchmark |
| 99215 | Office visit, established patient, 40-54 min | $162.17 | 0.87x | 1,337 | Benchmark |
Medians computed across the full verified distribution of practice-level contracted rates in Arkansas. Publication floor: 11 verified rate points and a non-degenerate spread. Denominator: CMS PFS CY2026 national non-facility. Methodology v1.0.
Documented reimbursement figures are modeled, not guaranteed. Derived from federally mandated Transparency in Coverage data (45 CFR 147.212). No PHI.
Metros in Arkansas
The market is metro by metro. So is the index.
Read it against the country.
The national standard is the RCRI print: 0.9608x Medicare, Vintage 001, established July 2026. Arkansas sits below it. State cells are satellite series to the national print and carry the same frozen methodology.
Cite this page
Source: Reddenda Commercial Rate Atlas, Arkansas. Reddenda. https://reddenda.health/atlas/ar/
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RCRI.US.ST.ARDerivation federally mandated TiC MRFs, verified to provider identitystate grain · 21,399 verified rate pointsas of 2026-07-15 · methodology v1.0