US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System Diagnoses Without Cc/Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 395: Other digestive system diagnoses without cc/mcc

$20,541typical hospital bill
$8,267typical amount paid
$5,469–$11,065range paid across 2 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,541 for this stay in 2024, about 2.5 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
Rex HospitalRaleigh11$17,023$5,469
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem11$24,059$11,065

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.