125 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC, 28777 · (828) 765-4201
Beds
25
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$48.1M
FY 2025
Net income
-$9.8M
Patient care margin -22.1%
Discharges
1,702
Occupancy 56.0%
Clinicians
130
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 | $48.1M | $58.7M | -22.1% | -$9.8M | 1,702 | $4.7M | 30.0% | 1.4% |
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 | 14.7% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.8% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 15.9% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23.2% |
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 | $49.0M | $61.5M | -25.5% | -$11.3M | 1,764 | $4.0M | 31.8% | 2.7% |
| 2023 | $51.0M | $56.3M | -10.4% | -$4.8M | 1,582 | $3.8M | 32.4% | 2.9% |
| 2022 | $43.7M | $50.8M | -16.4% | -$6.7M | 1,341 | $3.6M | 31.1% | 3.9% |
| 2021 | $40.0M | $45.7M | -14.4% | -$5.3M | 1,171 | $3.1M | 34.9% | 2.9% |
| 2020 | $33.2M | $46.0M | -38.4% | -$12.4M | 1,122 | $3.5M | 40.1% | 7.3% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 16.2% | US median 17.2% |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 79% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 81% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 63% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 76% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 80% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 71% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 0% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 115 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 26% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 86% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 72% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 55% | US median 74% |
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is a for-profit critical access hospital in Spruce Pine, NC with 25 beds, part of HCA Healthcare and a 3-star overall rating.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine, NC has 25 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 85 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 1,702 inpatients that year, with 56.0% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-10-31), Blue Ridge Regional Hospital reported net patient revenue of $48.1M and operating expenses of $58.7M, a margin on patient care of -22.1%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$9.8M (-20.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is part of HCA Healthcare (listed company, ticker HCA), a health system with 163 hospitals based in Nashville, TN. It is a for-profit hospital.
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Blue Ridge Regional Hospital provides emergency services.
130 Medicare clinicians list Blue Ridge Regional Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.