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Dlp Swain County Hospital LLC

45 Plateau Street, Bryson City, NC 28713 · (828) 488-2155

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

Dlp Swain County Hospital LLC is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Bryson City, North Carolina (Swain County), with 24 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $2.66 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical North Carolina hospital ($4.44).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$2.66listed for every $1 its care costs North Carolina typical $4.44
1 h 21 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
24beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

80%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
86%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 21 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%

    ER volume: low.

    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

    $38what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $643,138net income, all sources
    2.4%margin on patient care alone
    $566,754cost of charity care (3.4% of costs)
    $3.2Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    86full-time staff (equivalent)

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

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