US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$41,158typical hospital bill
$12,931typical amount paid
$10,455–$26,598range paid across 53 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $41,158 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
Atrium Health UnionMonroe27$79,781$10,455
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville25$26,141$10,867
Unc Health NashRocky Mount36$30,520$11,421
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville18$61,368$11,454
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg16$41,158$11,457
Rex HospitalRaleigh58$38,783$11,473
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory23$89,436$11,602
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst54$47,897$11,612
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary48$46,959$11,613
Johnston HealthSmithfield30$36,893$11,683
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville26$42,767$11,805
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston26$24,775$11,853
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem56$41,574$11,884
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte45$47,214$11,907
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy20$20,279$12,076
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville15$25,225$12,135
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews24$50,088$12,195
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh12$32,296$12,269
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde21$54,724$12,291
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids17$36,299$12,326
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury22$48,120$12,371
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie12$24,342$12,428
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton12$54,153$12,442
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia47$47,831$12,614
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby18$47,627$12,704
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory26$40,911$12,877
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville11$26,326$12,931
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington16$38,849$12,933
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville92$46,418$13,288
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville11$23,782$13,361
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville93$38,823$13,420
Randolph HospitalAsheboro14$72,870$13,424
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord40$49,861$13,451
Wilson Medical CenterWilson28$61,238$13,503
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro19$32,645$13,649
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro40$35,996$13,658
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point23$51,134$13,699
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn11$20,979$13,763
Duke Regional HospitalDurham32$33,704$13,932
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern48$37,011$13,959
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City18$21,126$13,968
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington55$43,644$14,019
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro67$32,967$14,040
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh77$43,176$14,120
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte19$67,806$14,536
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City32$37,696$14,823
Watauga Medical CenterBoone16$28,683$15,627
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville124$37,233$16,754
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton21$30,638$18,064
Duke University HospitalDurham91$45,551$20,539
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte66$77,250$20,667
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem75$58,511$24,380
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill63$61,320$26,598

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.