US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$55,696typical hospital bill
$13,614typical amount paid
$11,524–$43,537range paid across 38 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $55,696 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville15$46,234$11,524
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory16$99,309$11,851
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews14$58,377$11,868
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary20$65,455$11,978
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte38$88,353$12,301
Unc Health NashRocky Mount45$43,690$12,363
Rex HospitalRaleigh51$44,972$12,377
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury15$61,720$12,690
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde13$63,777$12,721
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg11$43,634$12,898
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory20$35,175$12,904
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville11$37,213$12,997
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby23$69,390$13,008
Johnston HealthSmithfield12$59,064$13,371
Atrium Health UnionMonroe18$59,587$13,375
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst56$66,780$13,397
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem65$53,015$13,498
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply11$52,111$13,508
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville59$64,007$13,595
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia23$81,653$13,632
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville20$60,530$13,771
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point32$50,594$13,900
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte36$51,869$14,042
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord55$66,520$14,127
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington27$44,889$14,374
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville61$45,087$14,497
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro20$34,592$14,919
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro67$48,229$15,032
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City12$31,351$15,140
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern29$36,022$15,144
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington107$45,747$15,186
Duke Regional HospitalDurham30$44,974$15,249
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh30$73,942$16,518
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville74$52,350$17,672
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte42$65,885$20,437
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem35$73,308$24,695
Duke University HospitalDurham56$78,224$24,973
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill37$118,849$43,537

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.