North Carolina / Adventhealth Hendersonville
CMS certification 340023 · Hendersonville, NC · 3 entries in CMS's price-transparency list
Adventhealth Hendersonville: charges and Medicare payments
Adventhealth Hendersonville reported 709 Medicare inpatient stays across 28 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 2.91 times what it was paid — among the lower ratios in North Carolina, number 53 of 73 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 3.55×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 123 stays at an average charge of $35,076, 61% below the national average. It also billed 1,987 outpatient services, charging 7.83 times what Medicare paid.
- 1Medicare inpatient stays 709
- 2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 2.91×
- 3Rank in NC (highest ratio = 1) 53 of 73
- 4CMS price-transparency actions 3
Inpatient stays
For the 28 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Adventhealth Hendersonville charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.
| DRG | Stays | Avg charge | vs US | Avg paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC | 123 | $35,076 | -61% | $13,820 |
| 885 Psychoses | 70 | $22,240 | -50% | $10,253 |
| 291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC | 51 | $25,574 | -55% | $9,672 |
| 193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC | 47 | $30,532 | -49% | $10,034 |
| 177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC | 42 | $34,215 | -52% | $12,018 |
| 872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC | 26 | $24,119 | -51% | $8,472 |
| 378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC | 22 | $29,428 | -39% | $8,414 |
| 689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC | 22 | $21,771 | -58% | $8,942 |
| 853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 21 | $103,872 | -55% | $35,993 |
| 065 Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with CC or... | 20 | $35,809 | -36% | $8,606 |
| 389 Gastrointestinal Obstruction with CC | 20 | $20,487 | -47% | $6,886 |
| 190 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with MCC | 19 | $19,768 | -61% | $8,262 |
| 390 Gastrointestinal Obstruction without CC/MCC | 19 | $18,999 | -32% | $5,646 |
| 640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 17 | $20,657 | -66% | $9,903 |
| 682 Renal Failure with MCC | 16 | $26,616 | -60% | $10,983 |
| 683 Renal Failure with CC | 16 | $21,615 | -47% | $7,228 |
| 309 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CC | 15 | $21,706 | -40% | $7,309 |
| 470 Major Hip and Knee Joint Replacement or Reattachment of... | 15 | $87,985 | -6% | $13,814 |
| 641 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and... | 15 | $17,766 | -52% | $6,460 |
| 698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC | 15 | $25,225 | -66% | $12,135 |
| 522 Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture... | 14 | $78,971 | -23% | $14,889 |
| 308 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with MCC | 13 | $25,720 | -55% | $9,223 |
| 854 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with... | 13 | $59,320 | -40% | $14,600 |
| 189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure | 12 | $28,191 | -51% | $9,421 |
| 310 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without CC/MCC | 12 | $16,231 | -44% | $5,568 |
| 603 Cellulitis without MCC | 12 | $21,114 | -43% | $7,139 |
| 280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC | 11 | $34,247 | -55% | $10,570 |
| 377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC | 11 | $37,213 | -56% | $12,997 |
Outpatient services
Against the North Carolina average
For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Adventhealth Hendersonville charged $35,076 on average, 38% less than the North Carolina average of $56,936, and was paid $13,820 against a state average of $16,444. For Psychoses (DRG 885), Adventhealth Hendersonville charged $22,240 on average, 38% less than the North Carolina average of $35,803, and was paid $10,253 against a state average of $12,625. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Adventhealth Hendersonville charged $25,574 on average, 29% less than the North Carolina average of $35,799, and was paid $9,672 against a state average of $11,305. For Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC (DRG 193), Adventhealth Hendersonville charged $30,532 on average, 23% less than the North Carolina average of $39,905, and was paid $10,034 against a state average of $11,523. For Level 2 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5372), its average charge of $942 was 63% below the state average of $2,536. For Level 3 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5373), its average charge of $10,663 was 3% below the state average of $11,021. For Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures (outpatient APC 5115), its average charge of $78,122 was 28% above the state average of $61,166. For Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage (outpatient APC 5072), its average charge of $6,698 was 29% below the state average of $9,423.
Price-transparency record
CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Adventhealth Hendersonville in Hendersonville, NC, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:
- Met Requirements — 2024-02-05 (CMS case 1085)
- CAP Request — 2025-07-18 (CMS case 5783)
- Closure Notice — 2025-08-27 (CMS case 5783)
A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.
Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.
Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.