25/100
#2,020 nationally
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
171 Fairview Road, Mooresville, NC 28117 · (704) 660-4000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital billed $7.73 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
- 7.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 39
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #74
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
364 | $5,279 | $2,070 | -55% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $21,971 | $2,433 | +13% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $117,096 | $11,683 | +87% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $32,662 | $3,100 | +58% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $38,555 | $4,597 | +40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $68,782 | $13,053 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
67 | $66,026 | $6,276 | +66% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $22,330 | $1,809 | +73% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $17,112 | $1,421 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $36,540 | $2,800 | +79% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,255 | $3,031 | +103% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$117,096 | $11,683 | +87% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,540 | $2,800 | +79% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,330 | $1,809 | +73% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,112 | $1,421 | +70% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$134,693 | $13,299 | +68% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$142,374 | $14,674 | +66% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$66,026 | $6,276 | +66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,279 | $2,070 | -55% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$36,136 | $10,225 | -32% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$32,238 | $8,075 | -21% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$25,696 | $6,420 | -16% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$69,255 | $12,715 | -9% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$44,191 | $9,003 | -9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$40,148 | $8,769 | -8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$53,674 | $10,894 | about average |
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.