51/100
#1,229 nationally
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
10905 Providence Road W, Charlotte, NC 28277 · (704) 384-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center billed $4.80 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
- 4.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 21
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- 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 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 61% 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 |
159 | $20,472 | $2,424 | +5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $39,333 | $12,121 | -40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $33,952 | $8,084 | -22% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $40,491 | $9,737 | -26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $11,267 | $1,703 | -4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $30,630 | $7,745 | -34% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $25,078 | $4,991 | -22% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $31,088 | $8,171 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $32,896 | $5,828 | -17% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $25,748 | $5,252 | -14% |
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 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,673 | $6,397 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,874 | $5,166 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,900 | $1,455 | +8% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,472 | $2,424 | +5% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,912 | $2,799 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,267 | $1,703 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,714 | $1,440 | -13% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$25,748 | $5,252 | -14% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$39,333 | $12,121 | -40% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)
MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay |
$25,916 | $7,265 | -37% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$31,088 | $8,171 | -36% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$30,630 | $7,745 | -34% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$29,012 | $7,280 | -31% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$28,193 | $7,778 | -28% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$40,491 | $9,737 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,689 | $3,407 | -26% |
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.