71/100
#601 nationally
Alamance Regional Medical Center
1240 Huffman Mill Rd, Burlington, NC 27216 · (336) 538-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Alamance Regional Medical Center billed $3.58 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #25
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
346 | $9,440 | $2,118 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
192 | $39,474 | $15,174 | -40% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $14,856 | $2,473 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $29,559 | $10,905 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $51,040 | $11,903 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $7,263 | $1,370 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $13,994 | $2,808 | -27% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $20,760 | $2,908 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $8,015 | $1,737 | -32% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $34,352 | $6,440 | -14% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,231 | $5,269 | +26% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$36,842 | $10,325 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,641 | $1,767 | +13% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$51,515 | $11,205 | +9% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,186 | $2,855 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,689 | $4,655 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,742 | $1,394 | -10% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$26,602 | $7,127 | -11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,072 | $2,987 | -65% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$33,089 | $15,140 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,291 | $4,655 | -55% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$18,699 | $7,764 | -49% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$30,464 | $13,045 | -45% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$27,377 | $10,262 | -44% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$17,381 | $6,799 | -43% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$101,311 | $37,536 | -43% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.