US Health Care Costs

Bilateral or Multiple Major Joint Procedures of Lower Extremity Without Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 462: Bilateral or multiple major joint procedures of lower extremity without mcc

$147,033average hospital bill
$24,818average amount paid

One North Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $147,033, about 5.9 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville15$147,033$24,818

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.