CostGrade
A

82/100

#293 nationally

Ecu Health North Hospital

250 Smith Church Road, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 · (252) 535-8005

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ecu Health North Hospital billed $2.85 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
2.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
35
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NC
#8
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.

Inpatient charge markup 28.3/35

Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.1/25

Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.7/30

Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.2/10

Better than 82% 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

188 $9,542 $2,144 -19%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

148 $34,014 $14,855 -48%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

82 $21,975 $9,543 -49%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

55 $11,403 $2,516 -41%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

49 $33,486 $12,249 -46%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

33 $5,501 $1,511 -45%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

30 $19,069 $6,490 -52%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

28 $13,759 $3,017 -32%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

27 $25,403 $8,331 -39%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

27 $16,887 $6,964 -49%

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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,312 $6,374 +12%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$10,070 $1,689 -11%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,940 $3,224 -14%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,542 $2,144 -19%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,668 $3,064 -19%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,715 $3,042 -22%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,709 $1,450 -22%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

$22,722 $6,053 -26%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$21,034 $9,787 -57%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$35,193 $16,591 -56%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$34,434 $14,632 -55%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$24,205 $10,908 -54%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,069 $6,490 -52%
COPD (with complications)

MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay

$16,169 $6,510 -51%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$30,444 $11,737 -50%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$21,975 $9,543 -49%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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