US Health Care Costs

Endocrine Disorders with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 643: Endocrine disorders with mcc

$44,370typical hospital bill
$14,362typical amount paid
$12,252–$23,635range paid across 8 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,370 for this stay in 2024, about 3.1 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
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville30$55,024$12,252
Rex HospitalRaleigh23$36,992$12,337
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington12$26,659$13,948
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro18$33,852$13,950
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville15$67,787$14,773
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville12$41,938$16,937
Duke University HospitalDurham15$46,803$20,254
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill15$70,550$23,635

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.