CostGrade
C

38/100

#1,645 nationally

Harris Regional Hospital

68 Hospital Rd, Sylva, NC 28779 · (828) 586-7000

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Harris Regional Hospital billed $5.65 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
5.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
34
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NC
#62
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.

Inpatient charge markup 12.8/35

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 11.1/25

Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 10.8/30

Better than 36% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.5/10

Better than 35% 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 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

232 $1,764 $595 -44%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

181 $13,148 $2,028 +12%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

97 $67,604 $14,740 +4%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

90 $17,250 $1,680 +52%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

75 $19,735 $1,624 +68%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

58 $33,214 $2,928 +43%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

54 $17,249 $1,411 +71%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

47 $78,117 $11,231 +25%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

47 $11,624 $1,772 -10%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

47 $11,318 $1,399 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 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,609 $1,477 +90%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,866 $3,259 +71%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,249 $1,411 +71%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$19,735 $1,624 +68%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,250 $1,680 +52%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$33,214 $2,928 +43%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,042 $3,034 +36%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,253 $2,382 +35%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,764 $595 -44%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$30,675 $8,170 -33%
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,869 $3,720 -32%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$80,446 $26,945 -29%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$40,360 $10,494 -13%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$157,428 $35,445 -12%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,624 $1,772 -10%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$35,550 $8,346 -9%

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.
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