CostGrade

Sentara Albemarle Medical Center vs Sampson Regional Medical Center

The same procedures, at each hospital, with what they charge and what that care is actually paid for.

B

Sentara Albemarle Medical Center

Elizabeth City, NC

3.3x

charged per $1 actually paid

A

Sampson Regional Medical Center

Clinton, NC

1.9x

charged per $1 actually paid

CostGrade B A
Score out of 100 67 87
Rank in state #30 #4
Procedures priced 57 15
CMS quality stars 3/5 2/5
Ownership Government - Hospital District or Authority Government - Local

The same procedures, priced at each

Only procedures every hospital here publishes a price for, so the comparison is like for like.

Procedure Sentara Albemarle Medi... Sampson Regional Medic...
Comprehensive Observation Services $14,579 $13,266
Sepsis (severe) $45,929 $31,592
Heart Failure (severe) $28,519 $21,367
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures $17,395 $5,348
Level 3 Vascular Procedures $20,332 $16,038
Respiratory Infection (severe) $34,561 $27,911
Pneumonia (severe) $33,465 $21,798
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures $19,549 $9,572
Respiratory Failure $31,333 $21,042
Urinary Tract Infection (severe) $21,000 $13,954
Kidney Failure (with complications) $20,498 $18,289
Kidney Failure (severe) $32,875 $25,048

Green marks the lower charge on that row.

Add another hospital

A

Northern Regional Hospital

Mount Airy, NC

2.1x — bills about $2.10 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

31 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
A

Unc Lenoir Health Care

Kinston, NC

2.2x — bills about $2.22 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

41 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
A

Vidant Duplin Hospital

Kenansville, NC

2.3x — bills about $2.29 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

16 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
B

Unc Hospitals

Chapel Hill, NC

2.8x — bills about $2.78 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

222 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Government - State