47/100
#1,358 nationally
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
1500 Matthews Twnshp Prkwy Box 3310, Matthews, NC 28106 · (704) 384-6500
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Matthews Medical Center billed $5.21 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 82
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #50
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% 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 |
234 | $19,883 | $2,418 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
179 | $65,002 | $13,759 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $28,902 | $2,907 | +15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
151 | $32,280 | $9,351 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
128 | $35,425 | $5,120 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $9,929 | $1,440 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $28,347 | $4,650 | +3% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
69 | $79,001 | $11,516 | +26% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
62 | $9,685 | $1,688 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $20,136 | $3,025 | 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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,673 | $1,830 | +52% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,246 | $6,145 | +38% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$110,267 | $15,917 | +33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,001 | $11,516 | +26% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,819 | $1,525 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,551 | $3,109 | +18% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,887 | $6,428 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,792 | $5,136 | +15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$30,903 | $10,339 | -42% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$21,177 | $6,162 | -32% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay |
$27,276 | $7,650 | -31% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$123,663 | $33,036 | -31% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$39,581 | $9,678 | -30% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$54,274 | $13,672 | -29% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$72,968 | $13,260 | -28% |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$32,347 | $6,863 | -28% |
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.