Critical access hospital · Nags Head, North Carolina · 21 beds · CMS certification number 341324
Outer Banks Health Hospital
Its Medicare cost reports, read cell by cell. Latest filing: fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, as submitted, stamped by CMS March 3, 2026. Twenty years on file, every one shown below. Also on the 340B covered-entity register.
Fiscal 2025 at a glance
What stands out
- Net patient revenue rose from $25.3M in its first year on file (2006) to $122.2M in 2025.
- Its result from patient care: $23.6M (2023), $20.2M (2024), $31.9M (2025).
- 4 of the 5 critical access hospital peers below with a margin on file also report a gain on patient care for fiscal year 2025.
- Medicaid paid for 2.7% of its inpatient days and Medicare for 40.9%.
Every statement is drawn from figures on this page; nothing is estimated.
Twenty years of filings
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Beside its peers
Critical access hospitals in North Carolina with under 25 beds, each on fiscal year 2025.
| Hospital | Beds | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outer Banks Health Hospital | 21 | $122,238,964 | $90,336,885 | 26.1% |
| Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital, Elizabethtown | 21 | $62,263,190 | $39,131,303 | 37.1% |
| Charles A Cannon Jr Memorial Hospital, Linville | 23 | $27,991,435 | $26,491,842 | 5.4% |
| Firsthealth Montgomery Memorial Hospital, Troy | 9 | $22,475,766 | $19,273,720 | 14.2% |
| MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP, Highlands | 24 | $30,218,969 | $37,082,186 | −22.7% |
| Swain County Hospital, Bryson City | 24 | $20,605,201 | $20,113,077 | 2.4% |
Patients and payers
- Discharges
- 1,407S-3 line 14, col 15
- Inpatient days
- 3,992S-3 line 14, col 8
- Beds in use, on an average day
- 11.0days ÷ days in year
- Occupancy
- 52.1%days ÷ bed days
- Medicare share of days
- 40.9%S-3 cols 6 ÷ 8
- Medicaid share of days
- 2.7%S-3 cols 7 ÷ 8
Who owns it
Indirect owners: EAST CAROLINA HEALTH; UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMS OF EASTERN CAROLINA, INC.
Related organizations on its own cost report: ECU HEALTH, parent company; VMG, phy services.
Other hospitals with the same owner: ECU Health Medical Center (NC), ECU Health Roanoke Chowan Hospital (NC), ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital (NC), ECU Health Duplin Hospital (NC), ECU Health North Hospital (NC), ECU Health Bertie Hospital (NC), ECU Health Chowan Hospital (NC).
Type of control on its cost report: voluntary nonprofit, other.
Owners of 5% or more, from CMS’s hospital ownership file (Medicare enrollment, October 1, 2026).
Community benefit, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, filed by The Outer Banks Hospital Inc (employer identification number 562112733) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Figure | As filed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Total community benefit expense (line 7k) | $2,948,396 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance at cost (line 7a) | $1,870,052 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <FinancialAssistanceAtCostTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Medicaid (line 7b) | $0 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <UnreimbursedMedicaidGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Financial assistance and means-tested government programs (line 7d) | $1,870,052 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalFinancialAssistanceTyp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Other benefits (line 7j) | $1,078,344 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalOtherBenefitsGrp><NetCommunityBenefitExpnsAmt> |
| Total, fraction of total expense (line 7k, column f) | 0.0252 | IRS Form 990 Schedule H, Part I, <TotalCommunityBenefitsGrp><TotalExpensePct> |
E-file object id 202442009349300719. The IRS archive it was read from.
Executive and director compensation, as filed
From IRS Form 990 Part VII, Section A, filed by The Outer Banks Hospital Inc (employer identification number 562112733) for tax year 2022. The return lists this hospital as its one hospital facility.
| Name | Title | Role | Reportable comp, from this organization | Reportable comp, from related organizations | Other compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Pettibone Pond | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $524,408 | $0 | $42,879 |
| Charles Shelton | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $548,535 | $0 | $46,762 |
| Christopher Mann | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $646,473 | $0 | $50,604 |
| Cindy Thornsvard | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jamie Fountain MD | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jay Briley | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $395,814 | $185,320 |
| Jeffrey Chase | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $536,824 | $0 | $47,431 |
| Marcella Bryant | VP, Clinical Operations | Key employee | $184,207 | $0 | $57,247 |
| Matthew McKenna | Physician | Highest-compensated employee | $540,372 | $0 | $52,743 |
| Myra Bowen | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Myra Ladd-Bone | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Pete Burkhimer | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Reese Jackson | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Tull | VICE CHAIR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Ronald Sloan | President | Officer | $272,775 | $0 | $108,029 |
| Stuart Bell | Board Member | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Tess Judge | CHAIR | Trustee/director | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Todd Warlitner | VP, Finance-Critical Access | Key employee | $72,862 | $109,293 | $55,443 |
E-file object id 202442009349300719. The IRS archive it was read from.
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Figures: CMS Healthcare Cost Report Information System, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, form CMS-2552-10, filed under CMS certification number 341324. Patients and payers: worksheet S-3 Part I of the same filing. Ownership: CMS Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments.
How this page was built: the CMS Medicare cost report, file HOSP10FY2025.ZIP, read March 3, 2026.