Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 455: Combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion without cc/mcc

$178,698typical hospital bill

$37,857typical amount paid

$31,166–$51,637range paid across 18 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $178,698 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Pardee Hospital Henderson County	Hendersonville	17	$98,047	$31,166
Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	12	$208,645	$32,357
Rex Hospital	Raleigh	31	$109,591	$32,774
Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital	Pinehurst	35	$144,003	$33,240
North Carolina Specialty Hospital	Durham	12	$123,917	$33,463
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce	Asheville	16	$248,747	$33,997
Caromont Regional Medical Center	Gastonia	22	$134,504	$35,108
Duke Health Raleigh Hospital	Raleigh	42	$155,700	$36,720
Atrium Health Pineville	Charlotte	19	$204,216	$37,732
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center	Winston-Salem	25	$189,136	$37,983
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center	Wilmington	52	$170,768	$38,123
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center	Charlotte	22	$189,333	$41,154
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus	Raleigh	22	$250,125	$42,203
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	76	$213,570	$42,301
Unc Hospitals	Chapel Hill	11	$105,293	$46,107
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital	Greensboro	20	$132,472	$46,601
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	12	$186,627	$49,572
Duke University Hospital	Durham	52	$202,129	$51,637

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.