US Health Care Costs

Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 640: Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc

$35,952typical hospital bill
$10,662typical amount paid
$8,838–$23,945range paid across 55 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,952 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary31$33,727$8,838
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville29$33,888$9,158
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir22$25,671$9,273
Unc Health NashRocky Mount57$25,787$9,412
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville16$27,909$9,427
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury20$36,040$9,516
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory30$81,496$9,521
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst45$48,443$9,572
Johnston HealthSmithfield45$38,973$9,680
Rex HospitalRaleigh86$28,250$9,706
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby40$50,078$9,718
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids17$21,034$9,787
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte52$48,450$9,801
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston29$19,651$9,815
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville17$20,657$9,903
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply14$29,295$9,971
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle11$40,542$10,017
Atrium Health UnionMonroe41$52,389$10,231
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia65$50,915$10,247
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington11$27,946$10,259
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington25$27,377$10,262
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville23$38,731$10,324
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville84$34,658$10,395
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro14$23,539$10,537
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem82$30,498$10,554
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory16$35,857$10,619
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte34$59,190$10,636
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie16$33,978$10,662
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews23$49,113$10,673
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point44$30,894$10,691
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton13$36,588$10,785
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro37$21,699$10,888
Randolph HospitalAsheboro11$54,063$11,138
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City22$18,723$11,146
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern37$28,401$11,153
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City32$25,769$11,337
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro16$22,739$11,373
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville120$35,952$11,459
Duke Regional HospitalDurham52$33,658$11,561
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton17$45,305$11,663
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro62$28,698$11,677
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington127$38,612$11,772
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte27$56,466$12,019
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh80$40,261$12,143
Wilson Medical CenterWilson15$104,975$12,148
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord70$53,766$12,378
Central Carolina HospitalSanford16$50,694$12,547
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton15$42,566$12,613
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn15$36,138$12,667
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville125$34,389$13,561
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton25$26,217$13,916
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte84$63,201$16,652
Duke University HospitalDurham72$51,382$19,437
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill68$54,626$23,359
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem71$58,638$23,945

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.