US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 919: Complications of treatment with mcc

$74,721typical hospital bill
$18,796typical amount paid
$12,155–$37,404range paid across 11 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $74,721 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 HospitalRaleigh18$45,247$12,155
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville17$42,937$13,309
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington14$48,212$15,516
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro13$51,896$16,041
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh14$80,971$16,300
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville29$42,440$18,796
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem13$84,206$18,843
Duke University HospitalDurham45$74,721$26,437
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte17$119,740$27,305
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem20$80,816$29,306
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill23$95,086$37,404

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.