US Health Care Costs

COPD, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 190: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with mcc

$33,708typical hospital bill
$9,026typical amount paid
$7,280–$17,636range paid across 62 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,708 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte13$29,012$7,280
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary44$43,251$7,382
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville11$51,836$7,695
Rex HospitalRaleigh31$24,144$7,844
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville15$20,193$7,937
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro13$24,599$8,017
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville23$34,564$8,029
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte45$53,065$8,068
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte12$36,633$8,136
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews26$31,672$8,136
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde36$41,439$8,203
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville26$37,041$8,229
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville19$19,768$8,262
Unc Health NashRocky Mount32$25,745$8,291
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst49$39,036$8,313
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids27$25,403$8,331
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory30$48,454$8,354
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston13$15,537$8,378
Johnston HealthSmithfield36$36,233$8,403
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply31$35,262$8,453
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle12$27,156$8,804
Harris Regional HospitalSylva12$41,077$8,813
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby37$46,233$8,834
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton13$34,668$8,881
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg14$36,965$8,916
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury34$26,851$8,931
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem127$29,988$8,959
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville15$40,243$8,968
Atrium Health UnionMonroe37$46,016$8,993
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory20$23,843$9,007
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte22$39,543$9,021
Wilson Medical CenterWilson15$35,356$9,031
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville28$35,127$9,036
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin22$38,693$9,064
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro22$18,808$9,066
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia59$52,236$9,103
Central Carolina HospitalSanford24$48,800$9,207
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern36$25,540$9,303
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point22$30,399$9,352
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington15$28,002$9,391
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville19$23,062$9,400
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City25$16,184$9,411
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie16$29,508$9,434
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City36$23,187$9,489
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington15$33,357$9,616
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington112$35,856$9,624
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord44$43,212$9,703
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville15$22,022$9,744
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton21$39,617$9,811
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville14$33,830$10,016
Duke Regional HospitalDurham32$27,112$10,107
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton22$32,772$10,149
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro20$28,347$10,234
Watauga Medical CenterBoone14$29,962$10,408
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro76$29,792$10,446
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh69$40,686$10,713
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville86$29,512$11,364
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton32$24,971$12,401
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte20$39,717$13,870
Duke University HospitalDurham42$33,587$14,853
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill31$40,194$17,584
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem30$37,594$17,636

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.