66/100
#751 nationally
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center
1638 Owen Drive P O Box 2000, Fayetteville, NC 28302 · (910) 609-4000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center billed $3.61 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
- 148
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #31
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
635 | $20,003 | $2,393 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
472 | $54,622 | $16,076 | -16% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
325 | $29,360 | $11,043 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
197 | $979 | $604 | -69% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $21,837 | $2,852 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $9,650 | $1,412 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $3,433 | $1,781 | -73% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $45,909 | $11,327 | -27% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
130 | $32,382 | $11,325 | -33% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
120 | $35,952 | $11,459 | -26% |
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 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,262 | $3,307 | +66% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$150,251 | $22,035 | +39% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,092 | $4,954 | +34% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$251,553 | $43,763 | +33% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$193,800 | $29,006 | +30% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 467 · Inpatient stay |
$168,694 | $29,904 | +30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,003 | $2,393 | about average |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay |
$67,787 | $14,773 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,433 | $1,781 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$979 | $604 | -69% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 661 · Inpatient stay |
$16,949 | $9,356 | -64% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$20,662 | $11,466 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,564 | $8,705 | -62% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,070 | $3,947 | -60% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$28,500 | $13,405 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,738 | $5,102 | -55% |
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.