56/100
#1,070 nationally
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
500 Jefferson St, Whiteville, NC 28472 · (910) 642-8011
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Columbus Regional Healthcare System billed $4.55 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 31
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #42
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% 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 |
193 | $13,853 | $2,372 | -29% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
99 | $41,602 | $13,394 | -36% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $17,976 | $1,754 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $14,043 | $2,028 | +19% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $21,108 | $3,000 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $28,111 | $9,398 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $12,576 | $1,634 | +7% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
59 | $25,376 | $4,503 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $22,844 | $2,774 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $36,134 | $5,021 | about average |
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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,120 | $1,411 | +40% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,976 | $1,754 | +39% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,489 | $3,011 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,872 | $1,394 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,844 | $2,774 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,043 | $2,028 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,576 | $1,634 | +7% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,915 | $4,082 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$85,422 | $33,984 | -52% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$20,193 | $7,937 | -52% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$23,708 | $7,230 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,027 | $3,259 | -38% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$24,473 | $7,552 | -38% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$25,662 | $8,284 | -37% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$41,602 | $13,394 | -36% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$28,111 | $9,398 | -35% |
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.