CostGrade
B

75/100

#495 nationally

Onslow Memorial Hospital

317 Western Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC 28546 · (910) 577-2345

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Onslow Memorial Hospital billed $3.46 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
3.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
44
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NC
#16
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
1/5
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 24.9/35

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 19.5/25

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.5/30

Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 8.9/10

Better than 89% 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

1,008 $7,724 $2,119 -34%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

272 $15,360 $2,509 -21%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

130 $41,574 $15,227 -36%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

92 $35,910 $11,117 -23%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

89 $29,607 $11,120 -32%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

65 $12,520 $3,696 -39%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

61 $7,384 $1,511 -27%
Respiratory Failure

MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay

55 $35,390 $10,590 -27%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $53,864 $11,612 -14%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

45 $17,354 $2,918 -9%

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
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$39,794 $9,767 about average
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay

$29,860 $7,418 about average
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,050 $1,800 about average
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,912 $3,553 -8%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,354 $2,918 -9%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$100,352 $28,856 -11%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$53,864 $11,612 -14%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$27,714 $7,991 -16%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$26,326 $12,931 -54%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,992 $2,488 -49%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay

$41,025 $16,172 -48%
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

$13,391 $5,850 -47%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$23,062 $9,400 -45%
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)

MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay

$27,249 $9,946 -42%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)

MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay

$17,757 $7,910 -42%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours

MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay

$153,544 $53,915 -40%

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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