37/100
#1,673 nationally
Atrium Health University City
8800 North Tyron Street, Charlotte, NC 28262 · (704) 548-6000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Atrium Health University City billed $5.48 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 40
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #63
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $21,371 | $2,381 | +10% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $12,103 | $2,809 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $85,536 | $11,683 | +37% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $24,152 | $1,717 | +113% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $46,034 | $12,020 | +6% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $15,603 | $1,785 | +21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
60 | $74,940 | $17,278 | +15% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
50 | $34,692 | $4,649 | +26% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $20,344 | $3,078 | about average |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $39,091 | $5,370 | +49% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,152 | $1,717 | +113% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,473 | $2,809 | +73% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$95,334 | $19,021 | +69% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,303 | $7,980 | +53% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,804 | $4,543 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,091 | $5,370 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,070 | $2,452 | +47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$85,536 | $11,683 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,103 | $2,809 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,927 | $1,439 | -31% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$141,319 | $31,878 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$43,389 | $11,355 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,068 | $1,335 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,129 | $1,710 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,485 | $3,109 | -3% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$73,814 | $20,582 | -3% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.