US Health Care Costs

Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital

171 Fairview Road, Mooresville, NC 28117 · (704) 660-4000

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$12what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$26.7Mnet income, all sources
18.1%margin on patient care alone
$2.6Mcost of charity care (2.4% of costs)
$13.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
123beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87169$68,782$13,053
Heart failure, with major complications 29141$40,148$8,769
Pneumonia, with major complications 19332$57,740$9,347
Heart attack, with major complications 28022$61,743$11,091
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46021$184,273$26,191
Lung infection, with major complications 17716$53,674$10,894
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37814$40,407$7,192
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52213$142,374$14,674
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$32,238$8,075
Urinary tract infection 69013$35,883$6,029
Respiratory failure 18912$44,191$9,003
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48112$83,968$14,431
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$36,136$10,225
Sepsis 87212$39,878$7,422
Stroke, with major complications 06411$69,255$12,715
COPD, with major complications 19011$51,836$7,695
Hip or knee replacement 47011$134,693$13,299
Skin infection (cellulitis) 60311$25,696$6,420
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$38,820$6,733
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