US Health Care Costs

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.r. Procedures with Cc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 854: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with cc

$64,005typical hospital bill
$16,612typical amount paid
$13,485–$24,976range paid across 17 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,005 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 HospitalCary13$97,902$13,485
Unc Health NashRocky Mount11$52,558$14,551
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville13$59,320$14,600
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst20$77,721$15,061
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply14$54,016$15,321
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem19$49,904$15,977
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville15$58,138$16,049
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia18$72,862$16,443
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro18$64,005$16,612
Rex HospitalRaleigh13$58,855$16,621
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh23$79,545$17,005
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City13$58,022$17,281
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord17$79,135$17,335
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington12$81,194$17,938
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville33$90,636$18,125
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville27$41,257$18,316
Duke University HospitalDurham15$66,929$24,976

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.