North Carolina Specialty Hospital
3916 BEN FRANKLIN BOULEVARD, Durham, NC 27704
North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, NC has an average Medicare payment of $14,532 and a Value Score of C (58/100). Compare prices for 12 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About North Carolina Specialty Hospital
North Carolina Specialty Hospital does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Cost-wise, North Carolina Specialty Hospital is mid-pack: $14,532 average payment across documented procedures, close to the median for U.S. acute-care facilities. The combined value score — quality versus cost — works out to 58/100, an above-average showing.
North Carolina Specialty Hospital is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. 12 distinct procedures are documented in CMS payment files for North Carolina Specialty Hospital. Top examples: Heart Failure and Shock with MCC, Transient Ischemia, Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses. Emergency services are not offered, which is unusual for an acute-care facility — most often reflects a specialty hospital or non-traditional inpatient model.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Heart Failure and Shock with MCC DRG 291 · Cardiac | $12,897 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $6,578 |
Vaginal Delivery without Complicating Diagnoses DRG 775 · Obstetric | $6,608 |
Cesarean Section without CC/MCC DRG 766 · Obstetric | $7,588 |
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $54,338 |
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC DRG 690 · Renal | $9,646 |
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC DRG 308 · Cardiac | $13,432 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $6,116 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $8,929 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $11,112 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $21,955 |
Renal Failure with CC DRG 683 · Renal | $15,179 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How North Carolina Specialty Hospital Compares
North Carolina Specialty Hospital has an average Medicare payment of $14,532, 2% below the North Carolina state average of $14,777. That is 8% lower than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Cardiac, where the typical payment is $14,557 (0% below this hospital's average). Its Value Score of C (58/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
North Carolina Specialty Hospital Cost & Quality FAQ
North Carolina Specialty Hospital has an average payment of $14,532 across 12 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
North Carolina Specialty Hospital does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
North Carolina Specialty Hospital has a Value Score of C (58/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
North Carolina Specialty Hospital does not offer emergency services at this location. For emergencies, contact your local 911 service.
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