71/100
#610 nationally
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
180 Parkwood Dr, Elkin, NC 28621 · (336) 527-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital billed $3.97 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 22
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #26
- 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.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 |
130 | $10,805 | $2,000 | -8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
118 | $14,098 | $2,346 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $7,008 | $1,656 | -40% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $40,119 | $11,439 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $1,064 | $595 | -66% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $7,545 | $1,399 | -33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $49,058 | $14,921 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $3,778 | $1,411 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
39 | $11,308 | $2,817 | -45% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
37 | $4,809 | $1,773 | -63% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,812 | $2,774 | -7% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,628 | $3,011 | -7% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$38,693 | $9,064 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,283 | $5,021 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,805 | $2,000 | -8% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,805 | $5,739 | -13% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$38,191 | $10,866 | -18% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$33,455 | $10,052 | -23% |
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 |
$1,064 | $595 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,809 | $1,773 | -63% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,778 | $1,411 | -63% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,308 | $2,817 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,008 | $1,656 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,356 | $2,949 | -40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$33,219 | $12,563 | -40% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$19,768 | $6,910 | -39% |
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.