Digestive Malignancy with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 374: Digestive malignancy with mcc

$60,426typical hospital bill

$18,757typical amount paid

$13,862–$34,132range paid across 10 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $60,426 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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	13	$34,121	$13,862
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce	Asheville	12	$58,748	$14,468
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	14	$85,100	$16,601
The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital	Greensboro	11	$37,359	$17,149
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center	Wilmington	20	$50,086	$17,735
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center	Winston-Salem	11	$94,433	$19,780
Ecu Health Medical Center	Greenville	18	$56,973	$24,255
Duke University Hospital	Durham	18	$62,105	$26,055
Unc Hospitals	Chapel Hill	15	$92,537	$33,607
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	17	$102,334	$34,132

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.