US Health Care Costs

Unc Lenoir Health Care

100 Airport Rd, Kinston, NC 28501 · (252) 522-7000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$36what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$26.8Mnet income, all sources
8.9%margin on patient care alone
$5.1Mcost of charity care (3.7% of costs)
$10.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
177beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 871223$25,696$14,238
Heart failure, with major complications 29195$17,412$9,819
Lung infection, with major complications 17748$23,969$12,265
Pneumonia, with major complications 19347$19,957$9,987
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68944$20,958$8,981
Heart attack, with major complications 28041$19,956$11,515
Kidney failure, with complications 68339$14,127$7,139
Kidney failure, with major complications 68235$21,765$10,875
Respiratory failure 18934$17,890$9,464
Sepsis 87233$21,337$8,194
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64029$19,651$9,815
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69826$24,775$11,853
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85325$54,585$34,263
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64122$14,888$6,356
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30921$13,468$6,115
Stomach and digestive disorders 39220$17,032$6,652
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 06518$24,002$8,137
Fainting 31218$18,334$7,256
Stroke, with major complications 06417$28,790$14,975
Heart attack, with complications 28117$18,765$7,065
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive Without Cc/Mcc 28216$19,514$6,037
Urinary tract infection 69016$17,529$6,533
Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale 17515$24,606$10,700
Pulmonary Embolism Without Mcc 17613$20,663$6,638
COPD, with major complications 19013$15,537$8,378
Pneumonia, with complications 19412$13,896$6,277
Diabetes, with complications 63812$13,707$6,958
Seizures 10111$14,451$7,167
Heart catheterization 28711$27,279$8,326

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