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Hospice market for funeral homes in North Carolina

76 hospices have an office in North Carolina and cared for 64,381 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:

The North Carolina market

Hospices76
Medicare patients in 202464,381+62% since 2014
Average family survey stars4.2 of 5Hospices that report
Average would definitely recommend88%Hospices that report

By ownership

  • For-profit: 30
  • Nonprofit: 39
  • Government and nonprofit: 2
  • Government: 3
  • Other ownership: 2

Medicare patients per year

All hospices here together, by CMS year.

20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
2014: 39,642; 2015: 42,312; 2016: 44,478; 2017: 46,229; 2018: 47,695; 2019: 50,948; 2020: 54,756; 2021: 58,587; 2022: 59,317; 2023: 61,600; 2024: 64,381

CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it

Where the hospices are

Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.

  • For-profit
  • Nonprofit
  • Government
  • Other ownership

Larger dot, more Medicare patients

Map of hospices

Largest hospices in 2024

By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.

  1. 1Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte RegionCharlotte · Nonprofit4,467
  2. 2Lower Cape Fear LifecareWilmington · Nonprofit3,496
  3. 3Four Seasons the Care You TrustFlat Rock · Nonprofit3,252
  4. 4Authoracare CollectiveGreensboro · Nonprofit3,029
  5. 5Transitions LifecareRaleigh · Nonprofit2,980
  6. 6Trellis Supportive CareWinston Salem · Nonprofit2,565
  7. 7GentivaFayetteville · For-profit2,288
  8. 8Carolina CaringNewton · Nonprofit2,046
  9. 9Amedisys HospiceBurlington · For-profit2,041
  10. 103hcGoldsboro · Nonprofit1,669

Fastest-growing hospices

Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.

HospiceOwnership20212024Growth per year
Continuum Home Care & HospiceNew BernFor-profit166517+46.0%
Hospice of Wilson Medical CenterWilsonFor-profit181399+30.1%
Well Care HospiceAdvanceFor-profit111239+29.1%
Medi Home HospiceSaint PaulsFor-profit107219+27.0%
Adoration Home Health and HospiceNags HeadGovernment4489+26.5%
Continuum Home Care & Hospice of Lenior CountyKinstonFor-profit4590+26.0%
Liberty Home Care ViRoanoke RapidsGovernment98182+22.9%
Medi Home HospiceNewlandFor-profit279491+20.7%
Tillery Compassionate CareAlbemarleNonprofit231402+20.3%
Duke HospiceDurhamNonprofit9931,426+12.8%

CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it

Your local market, ranked

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Every hospice in North Carolina, by county