Rutherford Regional Medical Center

288 South Ridgecrest Ave, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 · (828) 286-5000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$11what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$13.1Mnet income, all sources

10.8%margin on patient care alone

$1.1Mcost of charity care (1.8% of costs)

$17.9Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

119beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending May 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	109	$51,193	$14,510
Hip or knee replacement 470	74	$100,599	$15,473
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	23	$50,386	$10,274
Heart failure, with major complications 291	21	$55,219	$10,133
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	21	$37,612	$9,227
Sepsis 872	21	$34,954	$8,475
Lung infection, with major complications 177	14	$64,533	$12,478
COPD, with major complications 190	13	$34,668	$8,881
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	13	$30,254	$6,501
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	13	$86,081	$15,941
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	13	$36,588	$10,785
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	13	$38,701	$6,824
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	13	$91,750	$29,406
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483	12	$125,613	$19,670
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	12	$55,059	$11,731
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	12	$54,153	$12,442
Respiratory failure 189	11	$31,635	$10,209
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc 331	11	$91,131	$13,373
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	11	$43,210	$8,311

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