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Home / Hospitals / North Carolina / Spruce Pine / Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
BGood · score 58/100 · #31 of 95 in North Carolina

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

125 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777 · Critical access hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private

CMS overall rating 3 of 5below median among North Carolina critical access hospitals
Mortality: 0 measures better than the national rate, 0 worse, of 4
Safety: 0 measures better than the national rate, 0 worse, of 1

Why Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is graded B

Each metric below is percentile-ranked against North Carolina hospitals of the same type (critical access hospitals), then weighted. The score is the weighted sum; A ≥ 72, B ≥ 58, C ≥ 42, D ≥ 28, F below. Nothing here can be edited or paid for.

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital at a Glance

B 58/100
CMS overall rating · weight 25Medicare's 1–5 star summary of mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience and timely care. Raw: 3 of 5.
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Mortality · weight 25Net count of death-rate measures where the hospital is better than the national rate minus those where it is worse (heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, stroke, CABG, COPD, surgical). Raw: 0 better, 0 worse of 4 measures (net +0).
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Safety of care · weight 25Net count of safety measures better than the national rate minus worse (infections, complications, falls, pressure injuries). Raw: 0 better, 0 worse of 1 measures (net +0).
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Readmission · weight 25Net count of unplanned-readmission measures better than the national rate minus worse. Raw: 2 better, 0 worse of 5 measures (net +2).
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Patient experience and timely careCMS reports 15 patient-experience and 8 timely-and-effective-care measures for this hospital; they feed the CMS overall rating above rather than being graded separately.
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Data: CMS Care Compare, imported Sep 11, 2026 · graded Sep 11, 2026 · peer group: North Carolina, critical access hospitals · CMS record 341329 · How we grade.

Hospital details

Address125 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Phone(828) 765-4201
CountyMITCHELL
TypeCritical Access Hospitals
OwnershipVoluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency servicesYes

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