67/100
#737 nationally
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 · (336) 718-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center billed $4.03 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 200
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #29
- 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 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
642 | $6,462 | $2,111 | -45% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
618 | $950 | $550 | -70% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
591 | $15,494 | $2,449 | -20% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
463 | $58,674 | $15,438 | -10% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
438 | $4,407 | $1,678 | -66% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
412 | $19,120 | $2,918 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
354 | $7,242 | $1,456 | -28% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
310 | $56,862 | $14,471 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $4,446 | $1,737 | -61% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
304 | $40,450 | $10,871 | -7% |
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 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,497 | $5,210 | +17% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Major Complications
MS-DRG 659 · Inpatient stay |
$113,663 | $25,723 | +16% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Major Complications
MS-DRG 919 · Inpatient stay |
$84,206 | $18,843 | +13% |
|
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay |
$94,433 | $19,780 | +10% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$189,136 | $37,983 | +7% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$113,731 | $19,848 | +5% |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$53,710 | $9,528 | +5% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$80,556 | $14,810 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$950 | $550 | -70% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,407 | $1,678 | -66% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,446 | $1,737 | -61% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$27,539 | $12,486 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,066 | $2,130 | -58% |
|
Wound Debridement and Skin Graft Except Hand for Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue D
MS-DRG 464 · Inpatient stay |
$61,852 | $19,661 | -55% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,770 | $3,902 | -48% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours
MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay |
$134,914 | $50,809 | -47% |
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.