Metro area

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

CMS cut 1 of the 19 hospitals in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 5.3%, against 24.9% nationally.

This metro area reaches into NC, SC; this page shows all of its hospitals.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 19 with a payment decision

2Share cut

5.3%

−19.6 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

53rd of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

−0.1602

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 19 scored (84%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$149K estimate

0.0% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $115–181K

8Per traditional Medicare stay

The nation: $47

5% cut

Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC’s, red where CMS cut.

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Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC: 1 cut of 19 with a payment decision.

Cut
Not cut
Not subject (Maryland) or no score

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

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Hospital	City	Total HAC Score	Payment reduction
Atrium Health Anson	Wadesboro	N/A	No
Atrium Health Lincoln	Lincolnton	0.4868	Yes
Atrium Health Pineville	Charlotte	−0.0724	No
Atrium Health Union	Monroe	0.0437	No
Atrium Health University City	Charlotte	0.1904	No
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	−0.0797	No
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	0.0606	No
Caromont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	−0.5320	No
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital	Mooresville	−0.4174	No
Iredell Memorial Hospital Inc	Statesville	0.1545	No
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center	Chester	−0.7018	No
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center	Lancaster	−0.3119	No
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center	Charlotte	−0.3199	No
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center	Huntersville	−0.1442	No
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center	Matthews	0.0596	No
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center	Charlotte	−0.5715	No
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center	Charlotte	−0.2387	No
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center	Salisbury	−0.5199	No
Piedmont Medical Center	Rock Hill	−0.1602	No
Stanly Regional Medical Center	Albemarle	−0.2761	No

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 5.3% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.1602, and nationally −0.0453.

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

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Score from	to	Here	Nation
−1.6	−1.4	0	40
−1.4	−1.2	0	17
−1.2	−1.0	0	51
−1.0	−0.8	0	126
−0.8	−0.6	1	204
−0.6	−0.4	4	290
−0.4	−0.2	4	357
−0.2	0.0	4	407
0.0	0.2	4	343
0.2	0.4	1	333
0.4	0.6	1	237
0.6	0.8	0	173
0.8	1.0	0	116
1.0	1.2	0	91
1.2	1.4	0	30
1.4	1.6	0	21
1.6	1.8	0	10
1.8	2.0	0	3
2.0	2.2	0	13
2.2	2.4	0	24

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on CAUTI (69% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CDI (16%).

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

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Measure	Hospitals with a value	Half
PSI 90	18	44%
CLABSI	16	56%
CAUTI	16	69%
SSI	18	39%
CDI	19	16%
MRSA	16	50%

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, year by year

Every hospital in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC’s share cut was above the nation’s in 0 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 16 of its 20 hospitals have been cut at least once.

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	Hospitals with a decision	Cut	Share cut	Nation
FY2015	18	3	16.7%	21.9%
FY2016	18	3	16.7%	23.4%
FY2017	18	4	22.2%	24.0%
FY2018	18	4	22.2%	23.6%
FY2019	18	4	22.2%	25.0%
FY2020	18	2	11.1%	25.0%
FY2021	19	3	15.8%	24.9%
FY2022	19	3	15.8%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	18	4	22.2%	24.9%
FY2025	18	3	16.7%	24.8%
FY2026	19	1	5.3%	24.9%

Every hospital in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

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Every hospital in CMS’s file in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, with its Total HAC Score and payment reduction decision as CMS reports them

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Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/16740/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.