Hospital · Short-term acute hospital
Who owns Watauga Medical Center?
336 Deerfield Road · BOONE, NC · 28607
Overview
Beds121
Discharges4,365cost report 2025
Occupancy38%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)650
Watauga Medical Center is a short-term acute hospital in BOONE, North Carolina, operated by Watauga Medical Center Inc. Watauga County has 1 hospitals, 2 nursing homes and 6 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Watauga Medical Center is operated by Watauga Medical Center Inc, part of State of North Carolina.
- Operator
- Watauga Medical Center Inc
- Owner group
- State of North Carolina
- Ownership type
- Local
- Source
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Watauga Medical Center, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of State of North Carolina
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2025.
| Net patient revenue | $211.1M |
| Operating expenses | $200.8M |
| Net income | $20.0M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | 9.5% |
| Uncompensated care cost | $8.4M |
| Charity care cost | $4.5M |
| Medicaid net revenue | $34.8M |
| Medicare disproportionate share percentage | 7.0% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2025)
- Commercial and other 67.2%
- Medicare 30.7%
- Medicaid 2.1%
Services
Top inpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Discharges | Average total payment |
|---|---|---|
| Septicemia or severe sepsis without MV >96 hours with MCC · 871 | 78 | $19K |
| Heart failure and shock with MCC · 291 | 54 | $12K |
| Major hip and knee joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC · 470 | 46 | $18K |
| Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with MCC · 193 | 35 | $12K |
| Respiratory infections and inflammations with MCC · 177 | 34 | $16K |
Top outpatient services, Medicare (2024)
| Service | Services |
|---|---|
| Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5115 | 247 |
| Level 1 Intraocular Procedures · 5491 | 200 |
| Comprehensive Observation Services · 8011 | 186 |
| Level 2 Upper GI Procedures · 5302 | 89 |
| Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures · 5114 | 83 |
Medicare fee-for-service only. Small counts are suppressed by CMS.
Location and market
- Address
- 336 Deerfield Road · BOONE, NC · 28607
- County
- Watauga County
- State
- North Carolina
Hospitals in the county1
Nursing homes2
Urgent care centers6
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ashe Memorial Hospital | Jefferson | 19.0 mi |
| Johnson County Community Hospital | Mountain City | 19.3 mi |
| Caldwell Memorial Hospital | Lenoir | 20.8 mi |
| Wilkes Regional Medical Center | North Wilkesboro | 27.8 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
- 340051
- NPI
- 1205859766
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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