US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Cc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 920: Complications of treatment with cc

$30,248typical hospital bill
$10,971typical amount paid
$7,338–$24,560range paid across 9 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $30,248 for this stay in 2024, about 2.8 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 HospitalRaleigh17$20,690$7,338
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem13$24,459$9,309
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington21$26,282$9,329
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville11$30,248$9,560
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville13$38,254$10,971
Duke University HospitalDurham37$36,503$14,436
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte22$71,917$14,643
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem14$29,374$15,316
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill15$69,024$24,560

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.