Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center is a nonprofit hospital in Charlotte, NC, part of the Novant Health health system. It publishes prices for 44 common procedures, with cash prices ranging from $15 to $2,820. 80.0% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10.
You're looking at a smaller specialty hospital in Charlotte with one important pricing quirk: what you pay depends heavily on your insurance. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, your negotiated rate is roughly $548 per procedure on average — much closer to their cash price of $694. But if you're on UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, or Humana, the negotiated rates jump to $1,400–$2,200, which means your out-of-pocket costs could be significantly higher even after insurance pays their share. Call your insurer's customer service line and ask what Novant Ballantyne charges for your specific procedure under your plan before you commit.
Before you schedule, contact the hospital's billing department and confirm the cash price for your exact procedure — it may differ from the $694 average. If you don't have insurance or your out-of-pocket costs are steep, ask whether you qualify for their charity care program; they've set aside substantial funds for patients who need help. Also verify your specific procedure is actually offered at this location, since it's a smaller facility — if it's not, their main campus in Charlotte may have more options.
Written from data as of 2026-07-30. Prices above are current; figures quoted in this summary reflect that date.
Patient experience80.0%rated 9 or 10 out of 10
SafetyNo penaltiesMedicare safety check passed
Medicare cost-8%below national avg
Safety at this hospital, versus the national average
Safer than average on 1 of 2 metrics. The rest are close to the national rate.
C. diff
About the same as the national rate
Medicare quality
52 / 100 · above the national median of 38
SaferNational averageWorse
Source: CMS Hospital Compare — Healthcare-Associated Infections, Mortality & Readmissions, Value-Based Purchasing (FY 2026). Bars show how this hospital compares to the national rate for each metric.
Every price below is published by Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center in their federally mandated machine-readable file. Click any procedure to compare with nearby hospitals. Prices as of Mar 2026.
Procedure codes generally cover the procedure itself. Other services that often appear on the same bill are listed under separate codes — for example:
Anesthesia(CPT 00xxx)
Pathology, if a sample is taken (CPT 88xxx)
Drugs administered during the visit (J-codes)
Facility vs. professional split — one charge from the hospital, another from the doctor
Room and board, if the procedure is inpatient
Asking what other codes might appear on the bill is a useful follow-up so the total is not a surprise. Once you receive the bill, asking for an itemized statement listing each service code separately makes it easier to match against the disclosed prices above.
Observations about billing-code conventions. Not medical advice. Not legal advice.
Citing this price when you call
A way some patients have asked Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center to apply the disclosed cash price to a self-pay visit.
Cite the disclosed cash price.
Reference the specific procedure from the table above. Each cash price was published by Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center in its federally-mandated machine-readable file under 45 CFR 180.50.
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What your insurance pays here
Average negotiated rates by insurance plan. If the cash price above is lower and you haven't met your deductible, ask billing about paying cash.
Insurance plan
Procedures covered
Avg negotiated rate
Rate range
Aetna Medicare
98
$2,675
$3 — $27,027
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Medicare
90
$2,832
$3 — $26,368
Cigna HealthSpring
90
$2,917
$3 — $27,159
Humana Medicare
90
$2,832
$3 — $26,368
Liberty Health Medicare HMO
90
$2,973
$3 — $27,686
NC Department of Public Safety Offenders Not Medicaid eligible
90
$5,664
$6 — $52,736
Pace of the Southern Piedmont All Plans
90
$2,832
$3 — $26,368
UnitedHealthcare Medicare
90
$2,832
$3 — $26,368
Blue Cross Blue Shield Advantage65
55
$299
$18 — $2,141
Blue Cross Blue Shield BlueCare
55
$299
$18 — $2,141
The financial picture
What this hospital earns, spends on charity care, and pays its executives.
Patient revenue
$108.0M
CMS cost report
Charity care
$758,092
0.7% of revenue
Charge-to-payment3.65xcharges vs Medicare payment
Net income
-$11.0M
CMS cost report
Beds36licensed beds
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Prices from Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center's published machine-readable file, dated Mar 2026. Quality and financial data from CMS Hospital Compare, Cost Reports, and IRS Form 990 via ProPublica, compiled August 2026. Full methodology →