67/100
#741 nationally
Sentara Albemarle Medical Center
3050 Halstead Blvd Ext, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 · (252) 335-0531
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Sentara Albemarle Medical Center billed $3.29 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 57
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #30
- 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 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
325 | $45,929 | $17,042 | -30% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
282 | $14,579 | $2,529 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $46,265 | $12,249 | -26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
113 | $28,519 | $11,024 | -34% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $19,828 | $3,042 | -21% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $13,142 | $2,156 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $11,342 | $1,089 | +13% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
75 | $35,159 | $13,464 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $20,332 | $2,893 | +6% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $24,043 | $9,046 | -39% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,499 | $2,578 | +56% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,395 | $1,773 | +48% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,933 | $1,799 | +40% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,411 | $3,224 | +35% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,134 | $3,553 | +14% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,342 | $1,089 | +13% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,142 | $2,156 | +12% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$106,181 | $15,722 | +11% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$15,909 | $8,716 | -58% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$26,075 | $11,926 | -52% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,141 | $9,944 | -51% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$21,000 | $10,150 | -48% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$26,535 | $12,271 | -48% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$25,769 | $11,337 | -47% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$146,400 | $59,224 | -45% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$23,187 | $9,489 | -45% |
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.