47/100
#1,359 nationally
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
200 Hawthorne Lane Box 33549, Charlotte, NC 28233 · (704) 384-4000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center billed $5.04 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 158
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #51
- 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 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% 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 |
1,169 | $6,555 | $2,069 | -44% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
496 | $68,215 | $11,667 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
446 | $14,315 | $3,608 | -31% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $33,514 | $6,356 | -16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
216 | $12,655 | $1,431 | +26% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
214 | $17,348 | $2,423 | -11% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
203 | $83,494 | $14,612 | +4% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
184 | $13,377 | $2,345 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
169 | $11,479 | $1,686 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $27,615 | $2,893 | +9% |
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 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,335 | $8,277 | +155% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,518 | $1,409 | +62% |
|
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 847 · Inpatient stay |
$84,185 | $15,044 | +57% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$124,761 | $15,269 | +50% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$306,158 | $52,446 | +38% |
|
Single Level Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 451 · Inpatient stay |
$155,634 | $22,889 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,609 | $4,650 | +30% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,815 | $3,285 | +27% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5504 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,012 | $3,105 | -62% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,878 | $2,091 | -59% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$26,205 | $8,810 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,555 | $2,069 | -44% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,273 | $1,431 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,532 | $1,716 | -42% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$32,981 | $11,381 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,728 | $29,016 | -40% |
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.