US Health Care Costs

Harris Regional Hospital

68 Hospital Rd, Sylva, NC 28779 · (828) 586-7000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$4.4Mnet income, all sources
−0.2%margin on patient care alone
$2.5Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$19.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
82beds

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

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87197$67,604$14,740
Pneumonia, with major complications 19338$40,360$10,494
Lung infection, with major complications 17735$50,998$11,837
Heart failure, with major complications 29122$43,619$10,417
Sepsis 87220$35,550$8,346
Hip or knee replacement 47018$87,426$14,666
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48116$94,418$15,814
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$91,888$16,470
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85314$157,428$35,445
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06512$30,675$8,170
Respiratory failure 18912$52,055$9,777
COPD, with major complications 19012$41,077$8,813
Urinary tract infection 69012$37,168$7,052
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