Central Carolina Hospital
1135 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330 · (919) 774-2100
The money
$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$1.6Mnet income, all sources
0.5%margin on patient care alone
$1.7Mcost of charity care (3.0% of costs)
$17.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
127beds
From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.
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 | 86 | $69,901 | $14,964 | |
| Heart failure, with major complications 291 | 57 | $51,396 | $10,454 | |
| COPD, with major complications 190 | 24 | $48,800 | $9,207 | |
| Pneumonia, with major complications 193 | 21 | $50,657 | $10,640 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641 | 21 | $35,882 | $6,772 | |
| Urinary tract infection 690 | 20 | $41,710 | $7,152 | |
| Lung infection, with major complications 177 | 18 | $65,685 | $13,030 | |
| Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689 | 17 | $47,815 | $9,277 | |
| Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640 | 16 | $50,694 | $12,547 | |
| Sepsis 872 | 15 | $43,457 | $8,132 | |
| Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378 | 12 | $72,898 | $8,442 | |
| Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065 | 11 | $51,429 | $8,713 |
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