US Health Care Costs

Pulmonary Embolism with Mcc or Acute Cor Pulmonale in North Carolina

MS-DRG 175: Pulmonary embolism with mcc or acute cor pulmonale

$44,557typical hospital bill
$11,871typical amount paid
$9,021–$21,355range paid across 31 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $44,557 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 HospitalCary17$48,216$9,021
Rex HospitalRaleigh35$35,552$9,398
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde12$33,041$9,805
Unc Health NashRocky Mount13$31,646$9,829
Atrium Health UnionMonroe15$56,014$9,930
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst15$62,025$10,448
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury11$44,557$10,480
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte14$54,568$10,488
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston15$24,606$10,700
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem62$39,419$10,806
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville18$41,970$10,812
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews25$45,000$10,891
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte29$67,879$11,003
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia18$83,771$11,073
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington49$34,888$11,694
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern24$29,115$11,871
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City14$24,337$11,907
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City14$26,075$11,926
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh19$53,064$11,993
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville35$34,922$12,026
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord28$62,106$12,241
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville29$38,175$12,391
Johnston HealthSmithfield16$43,611$12,573
Duke Regional HospitalDurham14$41,895$12,646
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro50$37,863$13,006
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton11$47,153$13,079
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville43$50,033$15,444
Duke University HospitalDurham42$46,550$17,144
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte23$58,267$17,610
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill24$46,410$19,106
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem24$60,912$21,355

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.