Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 233: Coronary bypass with cardiac catheterization or open ablation with mcc

$245,441typical hospital bill

$65,599typical amount paid

$52,673–$98,652range paid across 13 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $245,441 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Rex Hospital	Raleigh	23	$162,371	$52,673
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center	Winston-Salem	11	$222,059	$56,445
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce	Asheville	39	$330,973	$57,267
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	18	$345,705	$57,658
Atrium Health Pineville	Charlotte	23	$293,237	$61,193
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center	Fayetteville	18	$225,087	$62,221
Carolina East Medical Center	New Bern	12	$188,735	$65,599
Ecu Health Medical Center	Greenville	25	$176,206	$65,858
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center	Wilmington	18	$259,925	$69,651
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital	Greensboro	13	$238,744	$70,949
Duke University Hospital	Durham	12	$245,441	$79,113
North Carolina Baptist Hospital	Winston-Salem	14	$285,415	$88,122
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	12	$393,312	$98,652

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.