US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders in North Carolina

MS-DRG 812: Red blood cell disorders without mcc

$31,508typical hospital bill
$7,744typical amount paid
$6,046–$15,307range paid across 36 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,508 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary40$35,089$6,046
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte14$23,739$6,536
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory15$46,443$6,542
Rex HospitalRaleigh42$24,171$6,749
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte35$39,257$6,787
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews23$37,350$6,896
Unc Health NashRocky Mount20$24,232$6,966
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply14$25,828$7,010
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst28$40,745$7,028
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby25$42,452$7,419
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville51$30,760$7,470
Atrium Health UnionMonroe21$37,525$7,505
Johnston HealthSmithfield20$35,260$7,507
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville26$31,748$7,516
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern21$22,290$7,651
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro13$23,490$7,658
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia41$44,255$7,734
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie15$19,049$7,741
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh16$21,363$7,746
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte19$34,530$7,834
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington65$27,948$7,882
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord27$32,188$8,325
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem38$27,508$8,361
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville37$21,511$8,409
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton11$37,068$8,427
Duke Regional HospitalDurham15$24,717$8,500
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton13$38,710$8,565
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh54$33,036$8,896
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro65$21,102$9,609
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte15$49,320$9,656
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville49$26,698$9,876
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton21$19,462$10,614
Duke University HospitalDurham68$30,919$13,123
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte39$42,460$13,588
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem32$31,269$14,683
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill36$32,749$15,307

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.