US Health Care Costs

Stomach and digestive disorders in North Carolina

MS-DRG 392: Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc

$25,645typical hospital bill
$6,953typical amount paid
$4,991–$13,037range paid across 53 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $25,645 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 CenterCharlotte20$25,078$4,991
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary59$29,972$5,267
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory21$59,981$5,780
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville22$21,765$5,782
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte14$27,965$5,844
Rex HospitalRaleigh84$22,396$5,937
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville29$18,301$6,071
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply30$24,089$6,102
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews58$27,715$6,150
Unc Health NashRocky Mount34$25,645$6,227
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst72$35,201$6,381
Johnston HealthSmithfield47$32,091$6,428
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern32$24,384$6,632
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston20$17,032$6,652
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City34$17,767$6,658
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville37$32,098$6,694
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro33$22,581$6,742
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle18$31,597$6,743
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte107$37,573$6,745
Atrium Health UnionMonroe54$31,789$6,785
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville130$31,227$6,793
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury18$26,121$6,840
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington113$22,842$6,840
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin12$19,768$6,910
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte28$33,443$6,922
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia65$30,746$6,925
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City19$22,692$6,953
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh22$23,586$6,969
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem125$26,180$7,023
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory13$25,193$7,081
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville15$26,963$7,322
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington13$19,216$7,367
Watauga Medical CenterBoone15$24,304$7,523
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville51$21,616$7,549
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton24$28,258$7,593
Duke Regional HospitalDurham59$22,371$7,598
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton30$33,640$7,666
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord93$35,710$7,865
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby50$34,324$7,872
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington21$24,163$8,087
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh99$30,661$8,165
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro91$21,562$8,373
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville11$17,071$8,670
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte19$39,622$8,720
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville11$19,648$8,738
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn12$21,892$8,765
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville84$24,316$8,971
The McDowell HospitalMarion21$23,499$9,197
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton29$26,052$10,099
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte99$37,077$11,532
Duke University HospitalDurham123$27,522$11,914
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill69$23,270$12,184
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem69$29,883$13,037

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.