US Health Care Costs

Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 202: Bronchitis and asthma with cc/mcc

$29,893typical hospital bill
$8,059typical amount paid
$6,414–$13,884range paid across 20 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $29,893 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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 HospitalCary13$32,746$6,414
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews14$30,305$7,254
Rex HospitalRaleigh41$22,981$7,376
Unc Health NashRocky Mount11$22,836$7,378
Johnston HealthSmithfield12$31,163$7,490
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby12$35,742$7,780
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte19$47,975$7,793
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord14$35,271$7,821
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia31$33,355$7,865
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville15$31,247$7,922
Duke Regional HospitalDurham15$18,899$8,196
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst16$31,006$8,196
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington19$27,996$8,226
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem35$25,071$8,301
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh20$39,709$9,424
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville24$23,212$9,756
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro24$27,212$10,088
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte18$29,481$11,947
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill16$26,137$13,506
Duke University HospitalDurham17$25,811$13,884

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.