US Health Care Costs

Skin infection (cellulitis) in North Carolina

MS-DRG 603: Cellulitis without mcc

$24,316typical hospital bill
$7,645typical amount paid
$5,840–$14,837range paid across 49 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,316 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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 HospitalCary57$22,919$5,840
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte16$22,788$5,867
Rex HospitalRaleigh62$17,746$6,306
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville11$25,696$6,420
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte67$32,954$6,647
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews24$26,251$6,707
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde20$28,725$6,733
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville19$17,333$6,791
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply27$25,624$6,816
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville20$22,902$6,832
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst86$36,235$6,869
Johnston HealthSmithfield36$25,519$6,886
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir14$22,193$7,053
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville12$21,114$7,139
Unc Health NashRocky Mount21$24,699$7,154
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle14$30,509$7,258
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro13$25,673$7,287
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville23$26,603$7,341
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem72$24,316$7,425
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point17$23,087$7,469
Atrium Health UnionMonroe38$27,576$7,485
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City14$16,553$7,502
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh13$16,455$7,548
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby31$30,969$7,641
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington72$22,803$7,645
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern60$19,259$7,660
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord63$32,303$7,701
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory18$26,161$7,789
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville50$25,345$7,829
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte35$24,073$7,898
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City21$18,562$7,952
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington21$19,531$7,985
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville17$21,451$8,068
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville42$18,959$8,122
Duke Regional HospitalDurham34$15,819$8,166
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton13$25,835$8,257
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton24$24,759$8,279
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro14$19,169$8,310
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia33$34,395$8,496
Watauga Medical CenterBoone11$19,753$8,556
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh93$25,817$8,688
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn11$15,250$8,853
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro44$18,134$8,997
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville68$25,032$10,257
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton11$25,480$11,530
Duke University HospitalDurham67$21,443$12,322
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte55$38,517$13,177
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem43$22,719$13,944
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill52$27,652$14,837

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.