41/100
#1,552 nationally
Caromont Regional Medical Center
2525 Court Dr, Gastonia, NC 28052 · (704) 834-4891
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Caromont Regional Medical Center billed $5.30 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
- 5.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 142
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #57
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 |
396 | $23,300 | $2,368 | +20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
350 | $81,545 | $15,571 | +25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
303 | $69,123 | $11,508 | +11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
297 | $46,756 | $10,608 | +8% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
191 | $8,968 | $1,414 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $36,167 | $6,264 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $25,607 | $2,838 | about average |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
129 | $19,997 | $3,094 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $12,074 | $1,810 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $16,641 | $2,852 | -18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$172,634 | $23,120 | +158% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$273,225 | $27,928 | +84% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$83,771 | $11,073 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,157 | $1,439 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,577 | $7,634 | +49% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,853 | $9,257 | +45% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$138,716 | $17,470 | +45% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$177,155 | $24,342 | +42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$63,887 | $19,363 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,683 | $8,483 | -39% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$27,827 | $7,634 | -38% |
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$51,986 | $16,464 | -35% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$45,922 | $12,098 | -32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,732 | $4,576 | -32% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$69,909 | $16,561 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,956 | $2,491 | -27% |
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.