US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 682: Renal failure with mcc

$38,776typical hospital bill
$11,990typical amount paid
$9,987–$23,681range paid across 56 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,776 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
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary21$38,328$9,987
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde20$33,594$10,032
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville12$36,136$10,225
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst43$53,131$10,325
Rex HospitalRaleigh48$28,086$10,336
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville16$37,834$10,339
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews14$30,903$10,339
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory26$72,483$10,422
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville21$36,213$10,511
Johnston HealthSmithfield31$44,774$10,563
Unc Health NashRocky Mount22$38,497$10,694
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir12$28,741$10,772
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville21$36,923$10,841
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte45$51,710$10,865
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston35$21,765$10,875
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury22$39,056$10,889
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids21$24,205$10,908
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville16$26,616$10,983
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville83$39,660$11,322
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby39$61,369$11,367
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply15$40,403$11,419
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory24$26,151$11,504
Atrium Health UnionMonroe37$58,284$11,530
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton12$55,059$11,731
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh11$35,627$11,739
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville24$36,754$11,792
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia52$50,574$11,825
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem67$45,556$11,964
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point29$35,378$12,017
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie11$42,503$12,020
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington22$36,275$12,136
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte53$53,023$12,230
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro27$28,059$12,315
Duke Regional HospitalDurham33$26,838$12,483
Wilson Medical CenterWilson27$81,107$12,612
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City29$24,495$12,692
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton15$49,665$12,746
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg18$41,441$12,768
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City41$32,875$12,788
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern49$33,463$12,810
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville78$42,015$12,845
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord63$58,623$12,933
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro92$34,150$13,078
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh28$45,831$13,108
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington88$47,179$13,229
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte14$64,374$13,329
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn27$33,050$13,770
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton12$51,466$13,808
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville33$41,083$14,475
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville58$33,438$14,609
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton21$32,722$16,306
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton18$25,048$16,765
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte49$66,853$18,401
Duke University HospitalDurham68$45,962$20,978
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem38$45,462$21,218
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill31$63,330$23,681

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.