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Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Catawba Valley Medical Center?

810 Fairgrove Church Rd · Hickory, NC · 28602

Overview

Beds258
Discharges9,100cost report 2025
Occupancy41%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,637

Catawba Valley Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in Hickory, North Carolina, operated by Catawba Valley Medical Center. Catawba County has 2 hospitals, 6 nursing homes and 11 urgent care centers.

Ownership

Catawba Valley Medical Center is operated by Catawba Valley Medical Center.

Operator
Catawba Valley Medical Center
Owner group
Catawba Valley Medical Center
Ownership type
Other
Source

Ownership history

Every dated change of operator and owner for Catawba Valley Medical Center, with the source for each.

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Full ownership tree of Catawba Valley Medical Center

Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.

Net patient revenue$426.6M
Operating expenses$367.0M
Net income$81.4M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue19.1%
Uncompensated care cost$20.8M
Charity care cost$16.3M
Medicaid net revenue$64.8M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage15.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)

  • Commercial and other 80.8%
  • Medicare 17.5%
  • Medicaid 1.8%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871140$14K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 19353$11K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 29149$10K
Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 17741$13K
Hip and femur procedures except major joint with CC · 48132$15K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115223
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011211
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 5072180
Level 5 Urology and Related Services · 5375105
Level 3 Urology and Related Services · 5373100

Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.

Location and market

Address
810 Fairgrove Church Rd · Hickory, NC · 28602
County
Catawba County
State
North Carolina
Hospitals in the county2
Nursing homes6
Urgent care centers11

Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory4.4 mi
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton16.0 mi
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir20.4 mi
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton22.1 mi
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville22.6 mi
Broughton HospitalMorganton23.2 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Operator: CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph
  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2025
  • Services: CMS Medicare inpatient and outpatient utilization
  • Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
  • Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
CMS certification number
340143
NPI
1164495255
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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