Markets / North Carolina / Catawba County / Frye Regional Medical Center

Hospital · Short-term acute hospital

Who owns Frye Regional Medical Center?

420 N Center St · Hickory, NC · 28601

Overview

Beds355
Discharges7,398cost report 2024
Occupancy32%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)1,123

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

Ownership

The operator and owner of Frye Regional Medical Center are in the full report, with sources and dates.

Ownership type
Private For Profit

Ownership history

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

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Finances

From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.

Net patient revenue$365.5M
Operating expenses$349.9M
Net income$18.6M
Net income as a share of net patient revenue5.1%
Uncompensated care cost$6.2M
Charity care cost$3.2M
Medicaid net revenue$44.0M
Medicare disproportionate share percentage5.0%

Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)

  • Commercial and other 73.6%
  • Medicare 22.9%
  • Medicaid 3.6%

Services

Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceDischargesAverage total payment
Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871137$13K
Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without MCC · 274123$22K
Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291100$9K
Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 19359$9K
Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without MCC · 32245$13K

Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)

ServiceServices
Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011261
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures · 5191134
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 511486
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage · 507268
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services · 536154

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

Location and market

Address
420 N Center St · Hickory, NC · 28601
County
Catawba County
State
North Carolina
Hospitals in the county2
Nursing homes6
Urgent care centers11

Nearby hospitals

NameCityDistance
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory4.4 mi
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir16.4 mi
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton18.0 mi
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton18.8 mi
Broughton HospitalMorganton19.1 mi
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville26.2 mi

Sources and identifiers

  • Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
  • 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
340116
NPI
1801823349
Last confirmed
2026-10-23

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