433 McAlister Rd, Lincolnton, NC, 28092 · (980) 212-2000
Beds
101
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$219.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$90.6M
Patient care margin 40.6%
Discharges
7,551
Occupancy 66.2%
Clinicians
409
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $219.5M | $130.4M | 40.6% | $90.6M | 7,551 | $11.0M | 20.3% | 1.0% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.3% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 4.1% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 17.9% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 10.7% | US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 19.5% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $196.3M | $126.6M | 35.5% | $72.5M | 6,150 | $6.0M | 20.6% | 3.4% |
| 2023 | $171.8M | $116.7M | 32.0% | $57.9M | 5,269 | $8.8M | 23.4% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | $144.6M | $112.6M | 22.2% | $37.6M | 4,914 | $10.0M | 26.1% | 6.2% |
| 2021 | $176.4M | $118.9M | 32.6% | $62.8M | 5,212 | $9.8M | 27.0% | 9.8% |
| 2020 | $155.6M | $111.5M | 28.4% | $53.3M | 4,696 | $12.1M | 32.0% | 15.5% |
| US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 23.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.1% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.90 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.33 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.48 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.74 | US median 0.72 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.75 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 82% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 83% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 68% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 80% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 83% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 78% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 3% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 177 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 46% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 84% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 69% | US median 74% |
| 61 |
| $40,551.85 |
| $10,919.82 |
| $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 43 | $49,086.93 | $13,860.23 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 35 | $34,840.60 | $6,565.37 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 32 | $36,235.56 | $9,402.84 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 30 | $33,639.73 | $5,946.47 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 26 | $26,746.85 | $6,247.73 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 603 CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC | 24 | $24,759.08 | $6,986.50 | $6,446.25 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 23 | $31,865.26 | $7,372.74 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 190 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE WITH MCC | 22 | $32,771.64 | $8,523.86 | $8,466.56 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 22 | $44,378.18 | $10,069.14 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 22 | $29,263.77 | $6,054.23 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 065 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 21 | $50,396.38 | $7,457.14 | $7,474.08 |
| DRG 178 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH CC | 16 | $30,698.38 | $7,864.31 | $7,278.86 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 201 | 191 | $1,920.55 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 81 | 80 | $1,114.58 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 48 | 40 | $1,382.30 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 35 | 33 | $1,330.67 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 26 | 26 | $4,120.30 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 25 | 25 | $10,178.68 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 24 | 20 | $3,704.47 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | 19 | 18 | $2,002.64 | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 18 | 18 | $2,473.84 | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 17 | 17 | $2,282.01 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 16 | 16 | $5,121.80 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 15 | 13 | $2,728.93 | $2,930.15 |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Atrium Health Lincoln is a government-owned short-term acute care hospital in Lincolnton, NC with 101 beds, part of Atrium Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Atrium Health Lincoln in Lincolnton, NC has 101 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 110 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 7,551 inpatients that year, with 66.2% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Atrium Health Lincoln reported net patient revenue of $219.5M and operating expenses of $130.4M, a margin on patient care of 40.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $90.6M (41.0% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Atrium Health Lincoln is part of Atrium Health, a health system with 17 hospitals based in Charlotte, NC. It is a government-owned hospital.
Atrium Health Lincoln has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Atrium Health Lincoln provides emergency services.
409 Medicare clinicians list Atrium Health Lincoln as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Atrium Health Lincoln had 702 Medicare inpatient stays in 27 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 94 stays; Medicare paid $10,479.85 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.