68 Hospital Rd, Sylva, NC, 28779 · (828) 586-7000
Beds
82
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$140.9M
FY 2025
Net income
$4.4M
Patient care margin -0.2%
Discharges
2,449
Occupancy 36.4%
Clinicians
309
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $140.9M | $141.2M | -0.2% | $4.4M | 2,449 | $5.7M | 26.1% | 8.7% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.2% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.9% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.5% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.7% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $142.1M | $135.8M | 4.4% | $10.3M | 2,254 | $3.6M | 28.7% | 8.5% |
| 2023 | $113.2M | $120.1M | -6.1% | -$2.7M | 2,167 | $4.8M | 29.4% | 8.8% |
| 2022 | $117.6M | $120.3M | -2.3% | $1.0M | 2,469 | $5.1M | 28.8% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | $119.9M | $115.7M | 3.5% | $8.3M | 2,582 | $5.6M | 34.3% | 20.5% |
| 2020 | $97.3M | $105.3M | -8.1% | $2.4M | 2,829 | $6.1M | 47.2% | 19.7% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.6% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 5.1% | US median 5.8% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17% | US median 17.2% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 4.9% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.03 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.28 |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.72 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 80% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 79% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 58% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 66% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 63% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 67% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 174 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 19% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 71% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 61% | US median 79% |
| 35 |
| $50,998.09 |
| $10,997.89 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 291 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 22 | $43,619.36 | $9,378.64 | $10,022.34 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 20 | $35,550.40 | $6,961.75 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 470 MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $87,425.78 | $13,033.78 | $14,289.25 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 16 | $94,417.88 | $14,182.44 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 14 | $157,428.14 | $34,046.29 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 522 HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $91,888.36 | $15,187.29 | $15,768.13 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 12 | $52,055.42 | $9,232.58 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 12 | $41,077.42 | $7,452.50 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $37,167.67 | $5,964.42 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 12 | $30,674.75 | $6,673.83 | $7,474.08 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 232 | 132 | $470.73 | $502.15 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 181 | 113 | $1,615.55 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 90 | 79 | $1,336.60 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 75 | 71 | $1,282.04 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 58 | 56 | $2,314.83 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 54 | 51 | $1,120.63 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 47 | 44 | $1,410.50 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 47 | 45 | $9,593.40 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 47 | 45 | $1,112.46 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 45 | 42 | $1,964.44 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5465 Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures | 42 | 42 | $25,312.81 | $26,719.00 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 41 | 40 | $3,587.58 | $3,917.51 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Harris Regional Hospital is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Sylva, NC with 82 beds, part of Lifepoint Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC has 82 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 86 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,449 inpatients that year, with 36.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-07-31), Harris Regional Hospital reported net patient revenue of $140.9M and operating expenses of $141.2M, a margin on patient care of -0.2%. After other income and expenses its net income was $4.4M (3.0% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Harris Regional Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a health system with 123 hospitals based in Brentwood, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Harris Regional Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Harris Regional Hospital provides emergency services.
309 Medicare clinicians list Harris Regional Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, Harris Regional Hospital had 322 Medicare inpatient stays in 13 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 97 stays; Medicare paid $13,571.96 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.