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Hospitals in North Carolina

North Carolina has 120 licensed hospitals listed on ElderCareCosts across 776 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

120 licensed hospitals listed · 90 with CMS star ratings.

Hospital context in North Carolina

Hospital pages on ElderCareCosts are for discharge planning and local context in North Carolina, not residential care shopping and not a cost-of-care index. Inpatient hospital bills are insurance-negotiated and episode-specific. We do not publish a local hospital cost table.

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CMS rating distribution in North Carolina

CMS overall star ratings for 90 hospitals in North Carolina. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in North Carolina
CMS starsProviders
5 stars12
4 stars28
3 stars29
2 stars17
1 star4

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North Carolina licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for North Carolina are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in North Carolina

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

North Carolina Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in North Carolina resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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Cities in North Carolina

Showing the 500 largest of 776 tracked cities.

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Counties in North Carolina

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many hospitals providers each county holds.

Hospitals by county in North Carolina

Hospitals providers in North Carolina

Sample of licensed hospitals listed for North Carolina. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are listed in North Carolina?

We currently list 120 licensed hospitals across North Carolina.

Which cities in North Carolina have hospitals listings?

We track 776 North Carolina cities for hospitals. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in North Carolina: 120 added · 205 updated. Most recent change Aug 6. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospitals in North Carolina are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospitals in North Carolina. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/north-carolina/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospitals in North Carolina." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospitals/north-carolina/.

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