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HospitalAtrium Health University City Estimated FY2026 net: +$2K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 340166

1Hospital

Atrium Health University City

2Location

Charlotte, NC (North Carolina’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 28262

Mecklenburg County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 130 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

3 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.1904

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $153K, likely $116⁠–⁠192K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1904 for Atrium Health University City and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $153K estimate 1% of about $15.3M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.1895 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $116–192K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments 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.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904

Higher than 64% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 2 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25Cut
  12. 26No

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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.2583, to −0.0679. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CAUTI added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. 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

    Worse than 68% 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 value1.0169

    Z-score0.1982

    Part of score+0.0330

  2. 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.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 71% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.813

    Z-score0.4795

    Part of score+0.0799

  3. 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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 89% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.132

    Z-score1.4101

    Part of score+0.2350

  4. 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

    Better than 70% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.477

    Z-score−0.6394

    Part of score−0.1066

  5. 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

    Better than 68% 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 value0.227

    Z-score−0.5832

    Part of score−0.0972

  6. 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 65% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.830

    Z-score0.2773

    Part of score+0.0462

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 901.01690.96230.1982+0.0330Worse than 68% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.8130.5590.4795+0.0799Worse than 71% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.1320.4891.4101+0.2350Worse than 89% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.4770.795−0.6394−0.1066Better than 70% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2270.346−0.5832−0.0972Better than 68% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.8300.6410.2773+0.0462Worse than 65% 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.

(0.1982PSI 90+0.4795CLABSI+1.4101CAUTI−0.6394SSI−0.5832CDI+0.2773MRSA)÷6measures=0.1904Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1895 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1904, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.1982 divided by 6 = +0.0330PSI 90+0.0330 CLABSI: z‑score 0.4795 divided by 6 = +0.0799CLABSI+0.0799 CAUTI: z‑score 1.4101 divided by 6 = +0.2350CAUTI+0.2350 SSI: z‑score −0.6394 divided by 6 = −0.1066SSI−0.1066 CDI: z‑score −0.5832 divided by 6 = −0.0972CDI−0.0972 MRSA: z‑score 0.2773 divided by 6 = +0.0462MRSA+0.0462 Total HAC Score: 0.1904Score0.1904 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.1982 divided by 6 = +0.0330PSI 90+0.0330 CLABSI: z‑score 0.4795 divided by 6 = +0.0799CLABSI+0.0799 CAUTI: z‑score 1.4101 divided by 6 = +0.2350CAUTI+0.2350 SSI: z‑score −0.6394 divided by 6 = −0.1066SSI−0.1066 CDI: z‑score −0.5832 divided by 6 = −0.0972CDI−0.0972 MRSA: z‑score 0.2773 divided by 6 = +0.0462MRSA+0.0462 Total HAC Score: 0.1904Score0.1904 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 900.1982+0.03300.0330
CLABSI0.4795+0.07990.1129
CAUTI1.4101+0.23500.3479
SSI−0.6394−0.10660.2413
CDI−0.5832−0.09720.1441
MRSA0.2773+0.04620.1903
Total HAC Score0.1904
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

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, 0.1895 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.1895 higher, the cut would have been about $153K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $153K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $153K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $153K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $153Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904

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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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$152,504
This hospital0.1904$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$152,504

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.

($15,248,243payment−$4,434readmissions+$6,610value-based)×1%the cut=$152,504at stake

$152,504at stake÷937traditional Medicare stays=$163per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $153K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$4K and +$7K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $8,867,106
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $380,310
Outliers: unusually costly stays $227,885
Capital: buildings and equipment $751,696
Uncompensated care $5,021,246
Total, before the three programs $15,248,243
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9995 − 1) −$4,434
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0007 − 1) +$6,610
After these two $15,250,419
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $152,504 $0
Net of the three programs likely $2⁠–⁠3K +$2,176

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.

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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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$8,867,106
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$380,310
Outliers: unusually costly stays$227,885
Capital: buildings and equipment$751,696
Uncompensated care$5,021,246
Total, before the three programs$15,248,243
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9995 − 1))−$4,434
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0007 − 1))+$6,610
After these two$15,250,419
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $152,504)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $2–3K)+$2,176

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 reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.1904same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

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 0.1904 and a payment reduction decision of No.

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.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $153K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

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

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.1790
CLABSIup to 1.301
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIup to 1.138
CDIup to 0.519
MRSAup to 1.371

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.

CMS 1.0169 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.813 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.132 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.477 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.227 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.830 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.1904 among its measured results: +0.2350.
  • PSI 90 +0.0330
  • CLABSI +0.0799
  • CAUTI +0.2350
  • SSI −0.1066
  • CDI −0.0972
  • MRSA +0.0462

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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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 900.1982+0.0330same
CLABSI0.4795+0.0799same
CAUTI1.4101+0.2350same
SSI−0.6394−0.1066same
CDI−0.5832−0.0972same
MRSA0.2773+0.0462same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340166/

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.

Its longest run: cut 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 2 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.2500, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4000, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3148, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.4668, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.5033, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.4101, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.4520, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6819, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.4643, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.1904, higher than 64% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.2500, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4000, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3148, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.4668, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.5033, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.4101, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.4520, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6819, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.4643, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.1904, higher than 64% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● 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 yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20155.250046.5%not cut
FY20166.250064.4%not cut
FY20176.400072.2%not cut
FY2018−0.314830.3%not cut
FY2019−0.466822.5%not cut
FY2020−0.503319.9%not cut
FY2021−0.410124.0%not cut
FY2022−0.452022.5%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.681986.0%cut
FY20250.464379.9%cut
FY20260.190464.2%not 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. 2 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.00 → 1.57 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 1.262CLABSI, 2019: 0.689CLABSI, 2021: 4.722CLABSI, 2022: 2.133CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 1.570 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.82 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.463CAUTI, 2022: 0.578CAUTI, 2023: 1.517CAUTI, 2024: 0.820 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 1.547SSI, colon, 2021: 0.472SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.812 SSI, hysterectomy 0.94 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.942SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.637SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 0.00 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 0.726MRSA, 2021: 0.777MRSA, 2022: 1.298MRSA, 2023: 1.068MRSA, 2024: 0.574 C. diff 0.55 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.553C. diff, 2018: 0.494C. diff, 2019: 0.288C. diff, 2021: 0.059C. diff, 2022: 0.508C. diff, 2023: 0.261C. diff, 2024: 0.195 CLABSI 0.00 → 1.57 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.000CLABSI, 2018: 1.262CLABSI, 2019: 0.689CLABSI, 2021: 4.722CLABSI, 2022: 2.133CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 1.570 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.82 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.463CAUTI, 2022: 0.578CAUTI, 2023: 1.517CAUTI, 2024: 0.820 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 1.547SSI, colon, 2021: 0.472SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.812 SSI, hysterectomy 0.94 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.942SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.637SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 0.00 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 0.726MRSA, 2021: 0.777MRSA, 2022: 1.298MRSA, 2023: 1.068MRSA, 2024: 0.574 C. diff 0.55 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.553C. diff, 2018: 0.494C. diff, 2019: 0.288C. diff, 2021: 0.059C. diff, 2022: 0.508C. diff, 2023: 0.261C. diff, 2024: 0.195

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 yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20170.0000.0000.0000.9420.553
20181.2620.0000.0001.6370.0000.494
20190.6890.0001.5470.0000.7260.288
20214.7220.4630.4720.7770.059
20222.1330.5780.0001.2980.508
20230.0001.5170.0001.0680.261
20241.5700.8200.8120.5740.195

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 60% of the other 78 scored there.

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, its score is higher than 94% of the other 18 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 5% (Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area) to 35% (Government).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut North Carolina: CMS cut 20 of 79 (25%); middle score 0.0502North Carolina 79 hospitals25% cut Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 19 (5%); middle score −0.1602Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area19 hospitals5% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region1,174 hospitals22% cut North Carolina: CMS cut 20 of 79 (25%); middle score 0.0502North Carolina79 hospitals25% cut Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 19 (5%); middle score −0.1602Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area19 hospitals5% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.1904 This hospital 0.1904

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

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045364%
South region1,17426322%−0.105667%
North Carolina792025%0.050260%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area1915%−0.160294%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105366%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073265%
Government40114035%0.160251%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057466%
This hospital0.1904
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

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 none of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 8 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.3199, not cut, 19 miles87. Atrium Health Pineville, Charlotte: score −0.0724, not cut, 16 miles76. Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Matthews: score 0.0596, not cut, 13 miles65. Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord: score −0.0797, not cut, 12 miles54. Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Huntersville: score −0.1442, not cut, 9 miles43. Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte: score 0.0606, not cut, 9 miles32. Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.5715, not cut, 8 miles21. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.2387, not cut, 8 miles1This hospital: Atrium Health University City

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte, NC8−0.2387not cut
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte, NC8−0.5715not cut
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte, NC90.0606not cut
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Huntersville, NC9−0.1442not cut
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord, NC12−0.0797not cut
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Matthews, NC130.0596not cut
Atrium Health Pineville, Charlotte, NC16−0.0724not cut
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center, Charlotte, NC19−0.3199not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC8−0.2387No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
2Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC8−0.5715No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures
3Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte, NC90.0606No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC9−0.1442No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC12−0.0797No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC130.0596No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC16−0.0724No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC19−0.3199No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures

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A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

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Paid & Penalized. Atrium Health University City, Charlotte, NC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340166/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.