95/100
#9 nationally
Northern Regional Hospital
830 Rockford St, Mount Airy, NC 27030 · (336) 719-7000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Northern Regional Hospital billed $2.10 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
- 2.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 31
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #1
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 95% 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 |
325 | $1,045 | $593 | -67% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
262 | $9,479 | $2,375 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $3,780 | $2,028 | -68% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $21,593 | $13,847 | -67% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
78 | $16,120 | $9,507 | -65% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
76 | $26,253 | $11,181 | -58% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
65 | $14,196 | $9,460 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $3,621 | $1,773 | -72% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $10,670 | $4,439 | -61% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $24,715 | $8,017 | -44% |
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 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,715 | $8,017 | -44% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,322 | $2,774 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,612 | $1,680 | -51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,479 | $2,375 | -51% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$14,166 | $6,505 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,079 | $2,772 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$17,255 | $7,728 | -56% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,829 | $3,034 | -57% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$12,253 | $9,103 | -75% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,571 | $1,333 | -74% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$23,109 | $14,971 | -73% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,426 | $2,915 | -72% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,621 | $1,773 | -72% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,351 | $1,656 | -71% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$7,198 | $4,954 | -71% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$26,013 | $14,581 | -69% |
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.