US Health Care Costs

Other Respiratory System O.r. Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 168: Other respiratory system o.r. procedures without cc/mcc

$45,797average hospital bill
$14,909average amount paid

One North Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $45,797, about 3.1 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Duke University HospitalDurham12$45,797$14,909

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.