US Health Care Costs

Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 441: Disorders of liver except malignancy, cirrhosis or alcoholic hepatitis with mcc

$57,981typical hospital bill
$16,271typical amount paid
$13,438–$41,410range paid across 12 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $57,981 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
Rex HospitalRaleigh14$40,904$13,438
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville22$60,053$13,904
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville16$62,004$14,015
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord13$63,049$14,643
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern14$25,881$15,475
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington24$47,424$15,697
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem14$60,963$16,845
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville16$51,881$18,759
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte26$68,058$21,294
Duke University HospitalDurham20$39,436$22,952
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem11$55,910$29,961
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill29$109,791$41,410

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.