Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc

2201 S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655 · (828) 580-5000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$17what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$63.2Mnet income, all sources

5.7%margin on patient care alone

$9.4Mcost of charity care (4.3% of costs)

$28.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

159beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	194	$63,196	$15,394
Heart failure, with major complications 291	81	$42,725	$10,831
Lung infection, with major complications 177	58	$51,022	$13,781
Psychoses 885	45	$35,793	$12,833
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	42	$43,873	$11,374
Respiratory failure 189	30	$42,713	$10,905
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	29	$31,482	$8,286
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	28	$40,772	$8,909
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	24	$28,258	$7,593
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	23	$30,713	$7,383
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	23	$71,357	$16,949
Urinary tract infection 690	22	$31,703	$7,949
COPD, with major complications 190	21	$39,617	$9,811
Kidney failure, with complications 683	21	$29,879	$8,151
Sepsis 872	21	$35,957	$8,846
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	20	$43,789	$8,692
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	17	$81,438	$17,297
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	17	$45,305	$11,663
Heart attack, with major complications 280	16	$45,752	$12,427
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	16	$42,292	$10,810
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis Without Mcc 536	16	$24,642	$7,645
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	16	$40,806	$10,361
Pneumonia, with complications 194	15	$38,418	$8,123
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	15	$49,665	$12,746
Stroke, with major complications 064	13	$47,300	$13,421
Fainting 312	13	$38,318	$8,199
Bowel obstruction, with complications 389	13	$38,136	$8,217
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	13	$25,835	$8,257
Anemia and blood disorders 812	13	$38,710	$8,565
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	12	$108,080	$22,240
Bowel surgery, with complications 330	12	$77,628	$19,796
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	12	$130,620	$33,141
Mini-stroke (TIA) 069	11	$34,226	$7,483

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