CostGrade
B

65/100

#798 nationally

Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

2131 S 17Th St, Wilmington, NC 28402 · (910) 343-7000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center billed $3.95 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
269
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NC
#32
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
3/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 20.2/35

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 17.3/25

Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 20.1/30

Better than 67% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% 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 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

774 $23,286 $3,011 -8%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

730 $59,683 $12,161 -4%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

626 $8,290 $1,762 -29%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

553 $62,003 $16,848 -5%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

541 $10,255 $1,487 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

457 $35,212 $11,086 -19%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

447 $15,924 $2,502 -18%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

442 $34,717 $6,627 -13%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

374 $46,079 $10,198 -32%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

360 $33,225 $5,354 -5%

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 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,265 $637 +132%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 658 · Inpatient stay

$96,939 $12,568 +26%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,890 $2,172 +18%
Seizures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay

$94,570 $21,879 +17%
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,320 $4,871 +17%
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay

$75,155 $12,541 +14%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm with Complications

MS-DRG 657 · Inpatient stay

$101,213 $15,457 +13%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 473 · Inpatient stay

$100,694 $20,255 +11%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Endocrine Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 643 · Inpatient stay

$26,659 $13,948 -60%
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Major

MS-DRG 239 · Inpatient stay

$84,154 $37,749 -57%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay

$25,109 $7,494 -55%
Precerebral Occlusion without Infarction without Major Complications

MS-DRG 068 · Inpatient stay

$25,988 $7,358 -53%
Other Factors Influencing Health Status

MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay

$11,020 $4,929 -50%
Hepatobiliary Diagnostic Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 420 · Inpatient stay

$74,709 $31,002 -50%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio

MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay

$28,473 $10,289 -48%
Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System with Major Complications

MS-DRG 001 · Inpatient stay

$705,776 $230,679 -48%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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