100 Airport Rd, Kinston, NC, 28501 · (252) 522-7000
Beds
177
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$172.8M
FY 2025
Net income
$26.8M
Patient care margin 8.9%
Discharges
5,557
Occupancy 36.6%
Clinicians
260
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 | $172.8M | $157.4M | 8.9% | $26.8M | 5,557 | $8.9M | 26.5% | 3.2% |
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 | 9.4% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 11.1% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 8.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 9.9% | US median 11.6% |
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 | $143.7M | $147.7M | -2.8% | $6.0M | 5,080 | $9.5M | 27.6% | 8.8% |
| 2023 | $125.3M | $131.0M | -4.5% | $2.6M | 4,670 | $10.1M | 33.6% | 9.1% |
| 2022 | $118.7M | $134.5M | -13.4% | -$22.2M | 4,548 | $7.0M | 39.8% | 6.8% |
| 2021 | $114.2M | $122.7M | -7.4% | $2.5M | 5,387 | $13.7M | 42.9% | 14.3% |
| 2020 | $102.1M | $108.4M | -6.2% | $1.2M | 4,956 | $13.4M | 44.0% | 17.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.7% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.5% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.4% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.85 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.36 | US median 0.48 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 · better |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 77% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 53% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 64% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 65% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 57% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 194 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 14% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 55% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 96% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 85% | US median 74% |
| 48 |
| $23,968.54 |
| $10,729.46 |
| $12,667.88 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 47 | $19,956.98 | $8,696.13 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 44 | $20,958.18 | $7,905.68 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 41 | $19,955.68 | $10,304.24 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 39 | $14,126.64 | $5,811.49 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 35 | $21,765.26 | $9,662.97 | $11,457.18 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 34 | $17,890.47 | $8,552.06 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 33 | $21,336.94 | $6,511.24 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 29 | $19,650.72 | $8,385.72 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 26 | $24,774.92 | $11,162.69 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 853 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 25 | $54,584.84 | $31,443.20 | $40,556.82 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $14,887.68 | $5,243.09 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 21 | $13,468.24 | $4,871.62 | $5,247.13 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 395 | 212 | $1,750.32 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 124 | 117 | $2,087.62 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 45 | 45 | $2,242.29 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 43 | 40 | $1,553.44 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 28 | 25 | $3,946.37 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 23 | 23 | $2,325.33 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 22 | 22 | $4,200.62 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 21 | 18 | $2,532.21 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 20 | 20 | $1,174.69 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 19 | 13 | $520.99 | $502.15 |
| APC 5223 Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures | 16 | 16 | $8,580.76 | $8,569.01 |
| APC 5154 Level 4 Airway Endoscopy | 12 | 12 | $2,856.11 | $2,832.62 |
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.
UNC Lenoir Health Care is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Kinston, NC with 177 beds, part of UNC Health Care System and a 4-star overall rating.
UNC Lenoir Health Care in Kinston, NC has 177 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 235 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 5,557 inpatients that year, with 36.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), UNC Lenoir Health Care reported net patient revenue of $172.8M and operating expenses of $157.4M, a margin on patient care of 8.9%. After other income and expenses its net income was $26.8M (14.6% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
UNC Lenoir Health Care is part of UNC Health Care System, a health system with 16 hospitals based in Chapel Hill, NC. It is a nonprofit hospital.
UNC Lenoir Health Care has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, UNC Lenoir Health Care provides emergency services.
260 Medicare clinicians list UNC Lenoir Health Care as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, UNC Lenoir Health Care had 971 Medicare inpatient stays in 29 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 223 stays; Medicare paid $12,970.96 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.