CostGrade
A

88/100

#133 nationally

Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital

500 S Academy St, Ahoskie, NC 27910 · (252) 209-3000

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital billed $2.57 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
2.6x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
24
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NC
#3
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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 29.3/35

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.1/25

Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.9/30

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.0/10

Better than 90% 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
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

131 $12,398 $2,551 -36%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

101 $30,902 $15,336 -53%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $17,401 $6,668 -56%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

49 $21,770 $10,315 -50%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

29 $34,389 $12,249 -45%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

27 $22,868 $7,662 -31%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

19 $20,841 $8,288 -50%
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $9,041 $2,531 -49%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

17 $20,320 $9,475 -50%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

17 $8,331 $3,017 -59%

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
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$42,503 $12,020 -20%
COPD (severe)

MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay

$29,508 $9,434 -29%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay

$33,978 $10,662 -30%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$22,868 $7,662 -31%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,398 $2,551 -36%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,489 $2,971 -40%
Pneumonia (with complications)

MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay

$18,851 $7,891 -41%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$26,805 $9,496 -41%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,977 $1,898 -85%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$8,331 $3,017 -59%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$24,342 $12,428 -57%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,401 $6,668 -56%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$30,902 $15,336 -53%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$26,998 $12,882 -51%
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay

$20,320 $9,475 -50%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$21,770 $10,315 -50%

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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