US Health Care Costs

Irregular heartbeat, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 308: Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders with mcc

$36,911typical hospital bill
$10,196typical amount paid
$8,475–$22,945range paid across 48 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,911 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville12$38,957$8,475
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville22$24,367$8,505
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary37$34,718$8,532
Rex HospitalRaleigh95$34,602$8,755
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory26$62,600$8,976
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews48$41,261$9,017
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst44$48,518$9,087
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle15$36,873$9,139
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply34$34,897$9,207
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville13$25,720$9,223
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte11$36,618$9,336
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby26$56,404$9,415
Atrium Health UnionMonroe38$41,218$9,444
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point22$36,748$9,585
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte83$55,053$9,614
Johnston HealthSmithfield28$35,114$9,687
Wilson Medical CenterWilson25$44,179$9,770
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury16$38,844$9,788
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte18$33,011$9,806
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro26$26,226$9,919
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville14$27,249$9,946
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory15$36,691$9,960
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville48$36,949$9,964
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern48$29,116$10,194
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City25$22,117$10,198
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia58$53,292$10,227
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord68$46,007$10,295
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City24$29,444$10,350
Randolph HospitalAsheboro11$66,823$10,490
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville38$36,050$10,585
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington105$41,207$10,720
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton16$42,292$10,810
Duke Regional HospitalDurham18$24,128$10,983
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton12$44,507$11,111
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem81$45,813$11,147
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville36$38,111$11,183
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh70$45,652$11,197
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington12$51,515$11,205
Watauga Medical CenterBoone17$24,690$11,397
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville12$30,873$11,687
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro53$33,509$12,037
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton17$33,927$12,945
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville72$34,434$13,229
Unc Health NashRocky Mount21$48,669$13,953
Duke University HospitalDurham61$34,143$15,409
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte54$47,402$15,626
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem54$42,367$19,090
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill41$51,693$22,945

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.