52/100
#1,199 nationally
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
10030 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC 28078 · (704) 316-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center billed $4.93 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
- 4.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 81
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #47
- 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 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
245 | $18,744 | $2,412 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
187 | $83,093 | $11,702 | +33% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
123 | $57,871 | $14,923 | -11% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $38,730 | $9,744 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $7,854 | $1,672 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $17,813 | $3,079 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
90 | $33,231 | $5,185 | -5% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $8,141 | $1,457 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
85 | $25,329 | $4,606 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $25,957 | $2,933 | about average |
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 |
$60,157 | $6,428 | +51% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$83,093 | $11,702 | +33% |
|
Major Joint or Limb Reattachment Procedures of Upper Extremities
MS-DRG 483 · Inpatient stay |
$130,622 | $18,460 | +27% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$104,980 | $15,956 | +26% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$130,768 | $19,482 | +21% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$93,254 | $14,128 | +17% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$96,533 | $15,690 | +13% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,323 | $3,365 | +12% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$105,086 | $32,915 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,077 | $9,503 | -41% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$107,755 | $31,807 | -40% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$23,727 | $7,307 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,319 | $2,829 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,854 | $1,672 | -33% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$31,977 | $10,411 | -31% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$31,515 | $8,063 | -31% |
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.