Watauga Medical Center

336 Deerfield Road, Boone, NC 28607 · (828) 262-4100

General hospitalGovernment - LocalEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$28what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$20.0Mnet income, all sources

4.9%margin on patient care alone

$4.5Mcost of charity care (2.7% of costs)

$14.0Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

121beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 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	78	$37,413	$18,923
Heart failure, with major complications 291	54	$22,548	$11,893
Hip or knee replacement 470	46	$54,819	$17,509
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	35	$27,936	$12,112
Lung infection, with major complications 177	34	$35,580	$15,777
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	23	$27,722	$9,614
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	23	$55,186	$20,066
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	23	$53,118	$19,598
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	22	$16,567	$7,082
Pneumonia, with complications 194	19	$17,257	$7,797
Heart catheterization 287	19	$31,964	$9,989
Heart stent 322	19	$57,369	$16,706
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 308	17	$24,690	$11,397
Lung infection, with complications 178	16	$25,682	$9,411
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	16	$15,296	$7,494
Urinary tract infection 690	16	$20,123	$7,748
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	16	$28,683	$15,627
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	15	$24,304	$7,523
COPD, with major complications 190	14	$29,962	$10,408
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	14	$24,183	$9,088
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	14	$20,211	$11,104
Respiratory failure 189	12	$36,319	$12,152
Breathing problem needing a ventilator (up to 4 days) 208	12	$118,069	$32,853
Heart attack, with major complications 280	12	$37,695	$14,839
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities 483	12	$82,826	$23,218
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	11	$19,753	$8,556

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