US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems in North Carolina

MS-DRG 641: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

$24,583typical hospital bill
$6,824typical amount paid
$5,454–$13,086range paid across 61 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,583 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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 Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte22$28,777$5,454
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary56$29,849$5,472
Rex HospitalRaleigh91$21,003$5,650
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville14$24,104$5,677
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory24$51,142$5,851
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville47$19,031$5,896
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews27$23,134$6,005
Unc Health NashRocky Mount69$24,583$6,025
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte16$22,827$6,037
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply48$23,909$6,041
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde11$26,635$6,088
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst58$35,370$6,089
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir15$21,031$6,193
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids13$20,902$6,233
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston22$14,888$6,356
Johnston HealthSmithfield43$29,998$6,383
Wilson Medical CenterWilson12$26,858$6,420
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury18$26,997$6,432
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville15$17,766$6,460
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville50$23,168$6,547
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern20$18,699$6,582
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City31$14,128$6,627
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro23$23,283$6,658
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem89$24,658$6,666
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte63$34,279$6,680
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City30$20,901$6,683
Central Carolina HospitalSanford21$35,882$6,772
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington127$23,441$6,777
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point36$23,757$6,798
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie12$16,946$6,811
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton13$38,701$6,824
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson14$52,806$6,828
Atrium Health UnionMonroe40$31,004$6,829
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby35$40,506$6,864
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro29$22,278$6,874
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle16$25,277$6,893
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia61$38,710$6,917
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville60$29,263$6,922
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte37$30,386$6,957
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory17$19,519$7,000
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington19$19,732$7,073
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord54$33,804$7,259
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington16$18,858$7,281
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton22$29,264$7,315
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville29$19,337$7,347
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville47$22,251$7,357
Watauga Medical CenterBoone16$15,296$7,494
Duke Regional HospitalDurham47$20,951$7,661
Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford11$12,400$7,707
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh98$28,791$7,908
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro77$23,318$8,164
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton29$31,482$8,286
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte25$38,017$8,617
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville90$27,808$8,789
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville11$18,608$8,867
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton25$18,749$9,271
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn17$24,935$9,585
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte56$37,251$11,185
Duke University HospitalDurham75$26,461$11,699
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem61$27,578$12,076
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill66$26,903$13,086

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.