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Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital

501 South Poplar Street, Elizabethtown, NC 28337 · (910) 862-5100

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Elizabethtown, North Carolina (Bladen County), with 21 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $3.36 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical North Carolina hospital ($4.44).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$3.36listed for every $1 its care costs North Carolina typical $4.44
3 h 13 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
21beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

71%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
72%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    3 h 13 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    5%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    60%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    15.2%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Heart failure
    21.9%
    Pneumonia
    17.3%
    Infections and complications lower is better
    C. diff intestinal infections
    0.00
    ≈ Same as US

    US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $30what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $16.1Mnet income, all sources
    24.3%margin on patient care alone
    $3.2Mcost of charity care (8.0% of costs)
    $2.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    177full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

    This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

    Nearby hospitals

    20 miles awayColumbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC★★★★★$4.49 listed per $1 of cost23 miles awaySoutheastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC★★★★★$3.69 listed per $1 of cost31 miles awaySampson Regional Medical CenterClinton, NC★★★★★$4.28 listed per $1 of cost34 miles awayCape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC★★★★★$4.09 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayFayetteville Nc VA Medical CenterFayetteville, NC★★★★★

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