16/100
#2,261 nationally
Frye Regional Medical Center
420 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601 · (828) 322-6070
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Frye Regional Medical Center billed $9.04 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
- 9.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 74
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #76
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% 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 |
261 | $35,083 | $2,406 | +81% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $107,685 | $13,183 | +65% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $37,730 | $2,871 | +49% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
123 | $239,203 | $21,912 | +92% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $61,727 | $9,145 | +42% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $57,879 | $6,302 | +45% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $16,085 | $1,442 | +60% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $64,485 | $9,070 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $57,073 | $5,131 | +63% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $112,838 | $9,462 | +67% |
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 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,652 | $2,078 | +237% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,022 | $3,330 | +125% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,984 | $4,601 | +97% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$239,203 | $21,912 | +92% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$65,582 | $5,082 | +89% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$99,079 | $8,116 | +86% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$59,981 | $5,780 | +86% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$88,473 | $8,789 | +83% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$45,523 | $7,780 | -11% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$39,415 | $6,861 | about average |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$81,021 | $12,318 | +6% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$48,798 | $6,520 | +11% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$166,093 | $21,984 | +16% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$48,454 | $8,354 | +16% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$208,645 | $32,357 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,027 | $2,835 | +21% |
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.