57/100
#1,054 nationally
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
612 Mocksville Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144 · (704) 210-5000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health Rowan Medical Center billed $4.50 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
- 4.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 60
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #41
- 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 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
513 | $7,175 | $2,079 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
138 | $51,979 | $14,481 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $17,718 | $2,418 | -9% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $34,043 | $9,775 | -22% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
80 | $38,775 | $6,428 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $8,190 | $1,376 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $25,937 | $4,541 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $40,654 | $4,994 | +16% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $15,024 | $2,869 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $11,887 | $1,807 | -8% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,607 | $2,761 | +24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$75,764 | $11,260 | +21% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$98,230 | $16,710 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,215 | $2,355 | +16% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,654 | $4,994 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$42,444 | $8,787 | +8% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
$86,387 | $13,867 | +8% |
|
Endocrine Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay |
$40,561 | $9,190 | +5% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,989 | $3,109 | -74% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,163 | $1,396 | -54% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$18,665 | $10,413 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,488 | $1,710 | -45% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$104,131 | $30,058 | -41% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,175 | $2,079 | -39% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$64,858 | $16,893 | -36% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$26,851 | $8,931 | -36% |
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.