US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$64,555typical hospital bill
$17,158typical amount paid
$14,101–$39,618range paid across 22 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,555 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Rex HospitalRaleigh42$44,958$14,101
Unc Health NashRocky Mount18$57,871$14,306
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte29$76,985$14,736
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem35$80,556$14,810
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst14$68,078$15,571
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville12$41,025$16,172
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville40$58,550$16,424
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro29$56,600$16,669
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia13$81,577$16,808
Duke Regional HospitalDurham21$42,803$17,002
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord27$65,917$17,143
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville35$42,047$17,173
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro14$39,524$17,477
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington31$49,917$17,906
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern17$58,053$17,909
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh23$79,278$17,985
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte21$75,216$18,695
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville51$63,193$23,095
Duke University HospitalDurham73$67,410$26,485
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem34$74,142$29,966
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte42$114,943$31,861
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill49$102,850$39,618

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.