Hospital record · FY2026CCN 340096

1Hospital

Lexington Memorial Hospital Inc

2Location

Lexington, NC (North Carolina’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 27293

Davidson County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 94 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

2 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
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5Total HAC Score

0.6702

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut

CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$80K estimate

Likely $58⁠–⁠99K; about $129 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$80K

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.6702 for Lexington Memorial Hospital Inc and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $8.0M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $129 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $58–99K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

Higher than 86% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

15No
16No
17No
18Cut
19No
20No
21No
22No
23—
24Cut
25No
26Cut

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing CLABSI down to the national median (0.559) would lower the score the most: by 0.3580, to 0.3122. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; CLABSI added the most to its score.

This hospital
National median
Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap

PSI 90 (what it counts)
Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.
Patient safety and adverse events composite
Better than 55% of the other 2,808 hospitals
estimate

This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

CMS value0.9487

Z-score−0.2773

Part of score−0.0462
CLABSI (what it counts)
Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
added the most
Central line–associated bloodstream infections
Worse than 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals

CMS value1.485

Z-score2.0384

Part of score+0.3397
CAUTI (what it counts)
Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Worse than 65% of the other 2,354 hospitals

CMS value0.640

Z-score0.2241

Part of score+0.0374
SSI (what it counts)
Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy
Worse than 68% of the other 2,269 hospitals

CMS value1.069

Z-score0.3747

Part of score+0.0625
CDI (what it counts)
C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections
Worse than 81% of the other 2,766 hospitals
estimate

This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0071. How this site estimates

CMS value0.599

Z-score0.8572

Part of score+0.1429
MRSA (what it counts)
Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
MRSA bloodstream infections
Worse than 80% of the other 2,067 hospitals

CMS value1.082

Z-score0.8040

Part of score+0.1340

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Measure	CMS value	National median	Z-score	Part of the score	Among hospitals
PSI 90	0.9487	0.9623	−0.2773	−0.0462	Better than 55% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI	1.485	0.559	2.0384	+0.3397	Worse than 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI	0.640	0.489	0.2241	+0.0374	Worse than 65% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI	1.069	0.795	0.3747	+0.0625	Worse than 68% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI	0.599	0.346	0.8572	+0.1429	Worse than 81% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA	1.082	0.641	0.8040	+0.1340	Worse than 80% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.2773PSI 90+2.0384CLABSI+0.2241CAUTI+0.3747SSI+0.8572CDI+0.8040MRSA)÷6measures=0.6702Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2910 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.6702, above CMS’s line.

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Running total
PSI 90	−0.2773	−0.0462	−0.0462
CLABSI	2.0384	+0.3397	0.2935
CAUTI	0.2241	+0.0374	0.3309
SSI	0.3747	+0.0625	0.3934
CDI	0.8572	+0.1429	0.5363
MRSA	0.8040	+0.1340	0.6703
Total HAC Score			0.6702
CMS’s line		0.3792	0.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.2910 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $80K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score	Total HAC Score	Estimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.3792	0.3792	$0
Any score from 0.3799	0.3799	−$79,684
This hospital	0.6702	−$79,684
CMS’s highest score	2.3133	−$79,684

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($7,948,753payment−$15,726readmissions+$35,333value-based)×1%the cut=$79,684HAC cut

$79,684HAC cut÷619traditional Medicare stays=$129per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $80K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$16K and +$35K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base	$5,616,332
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)	$78,292
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$8,481
Capital: buildings and equipment	$433,063
Uncompensated care	$1,812,585
Total, before the three programs	$7,948,753
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9972 − 1)	−$15,726
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0063 − 1)	+$35,333
After these two	$7,968,360
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $58⁠–⁠99K	−$79,684
Net of the three programs likely −$77K to −$43K	−$60,077

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, and a low-volume adjustment.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

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Line	Amount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)	$5,616,332
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)	$78,292
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$8,481
Capital: buildings and equipment	$433,063
Uncompensated care	$1,812,585
Total, before the three programs	$7,948,753
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9972 − 1))	−$15,726
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0063 − 1))	+$35,333
After these two	$7,968,360
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $58–99K)	−$79,684
Net of the three programs (likely −$77K to −$43K)	−$60,077

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

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	CMS reports	Hypothetical
Total HAC Score	0.6702	same
Payment reduction decision	Yes	same
Payment cut	1%	same
Estimated HAC cut estimate	$80K	same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.6702 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $80K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

Measure	Value that would read No
PSI 90	not possible with this measure alone
CLABSI	0.732 or lower
CAUTI	not possible with this measure alone
SSI	0.049 or lower
CDI	0.148 or lower
MRSA	0.246 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

Patient safety and adverse events composite PSI 90

PSI 90 value

CMS 0.9487 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

Central line–associated bloodstream infections CLABSI

CLABSI value

CMS 1.485 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections CAUTI

CAUTI value

CMS 0.640 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy SSI

SSI value

CMS 1.069 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections CDI

CDI value

CMS 0.599 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

MRSA bloodstream infections MRSA

MRSA value

CMS 1.082 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.6702 among its measured results: +0.3397.

PSI 90 −0.0462
CLABSI +0.3397
CAUTI +0.0374
SSI +0.0625
CDI +0.1429
MRSA +0.1340

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Hypothetical
PSI 90	−0.2773	−0.0462	same
CLABSI	2.0384	+0.3397	same
CAUTI	0.2241	+0.0374	same
SSI	0.3747	+0.0625	same
CDI	0.8572	+0.1429	same
MRSA	0.8040	+0.1340	same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340096/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal year	Total HAC Score	Higher than this share of scores	Payment reduction
FY2015	3.4000	18.5%	not cut
FY2016	4.0000	22.1%	not cut
FY2017	5.1333	45.3%	not cut
FY2018	0.4624	80.0%	cut
FY2019	0.2193	67.7%	not cut
FY2020	−0.3863	25.4%	not cut
FY2021	−0.1731	39.2%	not cut
FY2022	0.2465	71.8%	not cut
FY2023			no decision
FY2024	0.6155	83.7%	cut
FY2025	0.2992	71.4%	not cut
FY2026	0.6702	86.6%	cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 3 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar year	CLABSI	CAUTI	SSI, colon	MRSA	C. diff
2017			0.000		0.000
2018		0.913	0.000		0.553
2019	0.883	0.739			0.851
2021	2.586	1.669	0.826		0.349
2022	1.421	1.488	0.732	0.973	1.087
2023	0.000	1.103	0.000		0.448
2024		0.000	2.161	0.946	0.752

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In North Carolina, its score is higher than 88% of the other 78 scored there.

In Winston-Salem, NC area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 4 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 40% (Winston-Salem, NC area).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Group	With a decision	Hospitals cut	Share cut	Middle score	Hospital higher than
All hospitals	2,886	718	25%	−0.0453	86%
South region	1,174	263	22%	−0.1056	87%
North Carolina	79	20	25%	0.0502	88%
Winston-Salem, NC area	5	2	40%	−0.1672	100%
Not teaching	1,563	389	25%	−0.1053	85%
Fewer than 100 beds	805	225	28%	−0.1154	79%
Nonprofit	1,830	478	26%	−0.0134	86%
Urban	2,241	510	23%	−0.0574	88%
This hospital				0.6702
CMS’s line				0.3792	0.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 9. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 11 miles away.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center, Thomasville, NC	11	−0.1672	not cut
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, Salisbury, NC	13	−0.5199	not cut
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC	19	−0.2189	not cut
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC	19	−1.1460	not cut
High Point Regional Health System, High Point, NC	19	0.3810	cut
North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC	23	0.6105	cut
Randolph Hospital, Asheboro, NC	27	−0.4334	not cut
Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, NC	31	−0.2761	not cut

#	Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision	Est. cut ($, modeled)	Measures
1	Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC	11	−0.1672	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
2	Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC	13	−0.5199	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3	Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC	19	−0.2189	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4	Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC	19	−1.1460	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 0 of 4 measures
5	High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC	19	0.3810	1% cut	$266K	Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6	North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC	23	0.6105	1% cut	$2.0M	Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7	Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC	27	−0.4334	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8	Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC	31	−0.2761	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Lexington Memorial Hospital Inc, Lexington, NC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340096/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.