US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 390: Gastrointestinal obstruction without cc/mcc

$18,999typical hospital bill
$5,501typical amount paid
$3,739–$9,610range paid across 23 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $18,999 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary26$22,279$3,739
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville12$15,500$4,555
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde17$19,416$4,597
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte24$21,076$4,736
Rex HospitalRaleigh16$19,632$4,738
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington33$16,475$4,783
Johnston HealthSmithfield13$21,422$4,904
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville24$17,855$4,936
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst23$28,222$5,181
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville12$11,001$5,255
Atrium Health UnionMonroe15$25,556$5,492
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord12$24,364$5,501
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem16$14,363$5,613
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville19$18,999$5,646
Duke Regional HospitalDurham13$15,338$6,235
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh26$24,738$6,373
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville18$17,986$6,730
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro15$18,262$6,771
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia12$23,778$7,138
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte14$21,654$8,370
Duke University HospitalDurham20$18,785$8,976
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill15$18,816$9,448
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem19$17,197$9,610

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.