US Health Care Costs

Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 273: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures with mcc

$145,620typical hospital bill
$31,975typical amount paid
$28,925–$46,832range paid across 9 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $145,620 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem14$144,537$28,925
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst21$145,620$29,230
Rex HospitalRaleigh21$124,849$29,396
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville32$224,945$31,719
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh15$235,822$31,975
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville15$109,625$32,322
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern13$123,885$32,974
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem11$205,854$43,373
Duke University HospitalDurham28$182,726$46,832

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.