US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$33,058typical hospital bill
$10,437typical amount paid
$8,084–$19,791range paid across 76 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,058 for this stay in 2024, about 3.2 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
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte46$33,952$8,084
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary149$38,935$8,551
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte43$27,938$8,648
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville41$40,148$8,769
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville109$23,385$9,012
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville102$41,025$9,026
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde80$32,662$9,107
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory100$61,727$9,145
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir26$27,931$9,291
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews151$32,280$9,351
Unc Health NashRocky Mount174$27,771$9,387
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville65$28,111$9,398
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy65$14,196$9,460
Rex HospitalRaleigh295$29,801$9,499
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst320$43,217$9,533
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids82$21,975$9,543
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville51$25,574$9,672
Johnston HealthSmithfield150$38,651$9,700
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville121$38,730$9,744
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte246$45,540$9,775
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury83$34,043$9,775
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro44$32,092$9,779
Unc RockinghamEden31$17,436$9,816
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston95$17,412$9,819
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply105$28,708$9,871
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson37$44,563$9,919
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle59$40,124$10,038
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin34$33,455$10,052
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte109$37,942$10,123
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton21$55,219$10,133
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point139$34,189$10,146
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby175$50,874$10,272
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington62$25,231$10,286
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie49$21,770$10,315
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville293$39,969$10,352
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh52$29,056$10,395
Harris Regional HospitalSylva22$43,619$10,417
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg80$39,181$10,430
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory49$27,922$10,443
Central Carolina HospitalSanford57$51,396$10,454
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia297$46,756$10,608
Wilson Medical CenterWilson101$54,378$10,656
Atrium Health UnionMonroe163$43,479$10,735
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord198$47,256$10,745
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro121$28,917$10,807
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton81$42,725$10,831
Randolph HospitalAsheboro61$65,365$10,851
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem304$40,450$10,871
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City118$18,448$10,899
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington114$29,559$10,905
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern217$28,175$10,945
Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford25$17,764$10,994
Duke Regional HospitalDurham161$29,577$11,017
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City113$28,519$11,024
Granville Health SystemsOxford14$33,706$11,025
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville325$29,360$11,043
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington457$35,212$11,086
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville89$29,607$11,120
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro46$30,300$11,269
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh286$34,619$11,522
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville61$21,739$11,575
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton94$35,931$11,805
Watauga Medical CenterBoone54$22,548$11,893
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro373$29,637$11,923
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte70$46,034$12,020
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville29$27,198$12,083
The McDowell HospitalMarion39$24,188$12,426
Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro33$41,832$12,475
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn57$20,849$12,868
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville471$32,435$13,392
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton102$22,982$13,722
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton48$21,367$15,438
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte155$49,953$15,709
Duke University HospitalDurham316$42,399$17,678
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem207$39,937$19,560
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill147$44,739$19,791

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.