3990 East US Highway 64 Alt, Murphy, NC, 28906 · (828) 837-8161
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
4 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$70.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$3.0M
Patient care margin -7.1%
Discharges
944
Occupancy 43.2%
Clinicians
242
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 | $70.5M | $75.5M | -7.1% | $3.0M | 944 | $5.1M | 39.8% | 0.9% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.2% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.3% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 13.1% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.9% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
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 | $61.2M | $67.9M | -11.1% | $1.2M | 880 | $3.8M | 35.4% | 2.1% |
| 2023 | $58.0M | $63.1M | -8.8% | $2.1M | 909 | $1.8M | 33.0% | 2.3% |
| 2022 | $49.8M | $59.3M | -19.2% | -$8.0M | 1,184 | $2.1M | 36.6% | 2.2% |
| 2021 | $51.8M | $55.6M | -7.4% | $3.4M | 1,300 | $4.2M | 48.3% | 11.4% |
| 2020 | $52.7M | $61.2M | -16.2% | $818K | 1,473 | $5.2M | 53.8% | 11.2% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.3% | US median 17.2% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.63 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 84% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 60% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 76% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 83% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 76% | 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) | 177 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 27% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 56% | US median 79% |
Erlanger Murphy Medical Center is a nonprofit critical access hospital in Murphy, NC with 25 beds, part of Erlanger Health System and a 4-star overall rating.
Erlanger Murphy Medical Center in Murphy, NC has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 50 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 944 inpatients that year, with 43.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Erlanger Murphy Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $70.5M and operating expenses of $75.5M, a margin on patient care of -7.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was $3.0M (3.9% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Erlanger Murphy Medical Center is part of Erlanger Health System, a health system with 3 hospitals based in Chattanooga, TN. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Erlanger Murphy Medical Center has an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Erlanger Murphy Medical Center provides emergency services.
242 Medicare clinicians list Erlanger Murphy Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.