US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$32,817typical hospital bill
$8,300typical amount paid
$6,944–$16,837range paid across 57 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,817 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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 HospitalCary69$46,719$6,944
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte12$28,389$6,946
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville18$39,773$7,007
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville14$40,407$7,192
Rex HospitalRaleigh96$24,807$7,218
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory30$52,323$7,248
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte11$25,916$7,265
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde29$40,864$7,336
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville41$25,423$7,413
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply28$28,246$7,603
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst116$45,642$7,616
Unc Health NashRocky Mount69$22,828$7,738
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury16$30,357$7,887
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle11$45,762$7,916
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville17$32,817$7,927
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte85$46,888$7,985
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews35$34,564$8,011
Johnston HealthSmithfield27$32,465$8,045
Wilson Medical CenterWilson11$38,548$8,076
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh25$22,638$8,119
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem103$31,759$8,158
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte42$31,740$8,182
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson11$44,665$8,227
Atrium Health UnionMonroe31$41,369$8,229
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville48$33,936$8,277
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro28$29,844$8,283
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie19$20,841$8,288
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia63$42,934$8,293
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern36$27,316$8,300
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton11$43,210$8,311
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City28$18,144$8,348
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville22$29,428$8,414
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington206$26,204$8,437
Central Carolina HospitalSanford12$72,898$8,442
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory31$26,169$8,451
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville75$40,773$8,496
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord60$40,715$8,639
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville14$31,171$8,642
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point31$30,824$8,714
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby37$59,202$8,749
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro13$37,656$8,758
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton28$40,772$8,909
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville67$26,046$8,919
Watauga Medical CenterBoone14$24,183$9,088
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton14$41,331$9,162
Duke Regional HospitalDurham56$25,269$9,212
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh94$41,299$9,430
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro110$29,056$9,817
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington31$30,432$10,119
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville110$26,561$10,358
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte24$47,418$10,637
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton11$32,150$11,715
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton21$24,300$12,103
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte40$53,500$12,897
Duke University HospitalDurham108$32,842$12,928
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill40$40,451$14,829
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem36$52,184$16,837

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.