US Health Care Costs

Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

612 Mocksville Ave, Salisbury, NC 28144 · (704) 210-5000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$9.2Mnet income, all sources
1.4%margin on patient care alone
$6.8Mcost of charity care (2.6% of costs)
$18.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
189beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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 871138$51,979$14,481
Heart failure, with major complications 29183$34,043$9,775
Pneumonia, with major complications 19354$39,884$10,323
Lung infection, with major complications 17750$41,945$12,338
Hip or knee replacement 47046$86,387$13,867
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68938$34,689$9,084
Psychoses 88538$18,665$10,413
COPD, with major complications 19034$26,851$8,931
Respiratory failure 18927$39,646$9,609
Sepsis 87227$42,444$8,787
Heart attack, with major complications 28025$53,802$11,373
Urinary tract infection 69025$22,192$6,692
Kidney failure, with major complications 68222$39,056$10,889
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69822$48,120$12,371
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06520$33,638$7,565
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64020$36,040$9,516
Kidney failure, with complications 68320$33,174$7,548
Stomach and digestive disorders 39218$26,121$6,840
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64118$26,997$6,432
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85317$104,131$30,058
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30816$38,844$9,788
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30916$22,568$5,976
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37816$30,357$7,887
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37715$61,720$12,690
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46015$146,303$25,382
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48115$72,621$14,821
Pneumonia, with complications 19414$32,883$7,008
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc 66014$55,593$10,153
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17511$44,557$10,480
Heart attack, with complications 28111$36,842$8,208
Irregular heartbeat 31011$25,031$4,975
Fainting 31211$28,716$7,185
Heart stent 32211$64,858$16,893
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$20,578$6,545
Endocrine Disorders with Cc 64411$40,561$9,190

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