US Health Care Costs

Respiratory failure in North Carolina

MS-DRG 189: Pulmonary edema and respiratory failure

$38,948typical hospital bill
$10,183typical amount paid
$8,029–$22,028range paid across 60 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,948 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
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville20$36,686$8,029
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary25$53,653$8,050
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte18$31,088$8,171
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte12$30,681$8,693
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory12$88,473$8,789
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte51$50,786$8,962
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville25$56,430$8,992
Rex HospitalRaleigh46$39,554$8,995
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville12$44,191$9,003
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde24$36,349$9,045
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy19$12,253$9,103
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir15$28,921$9,190
Unc Health NashRocky Mount26$41,883$9,219
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews31$45,090$9,235
Johnston HealthSmithfield30$54,346$9,383
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville12$28,191$9,421
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply27$39,568$9,441
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston34$17,890$9,464
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro20$31,200$9,546
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby40$46,600$9,587
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury27$39,646$9,609
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point38$35,448$9,752
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson23$36,135$9,772
Atrium Health UnionMonroe31$46,367$9,776
Harris Regional HospitalSylva12$52,055$9,777
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia26$67,168$9,789
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst40$63,325$9,918
Wilson Medical CenterWilson37$73,928$10,053
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem98$38,342$10,088
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro26$23,751$10,157
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton11$31,635$10,209
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte30$46,414$10,296
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington13$26,320$10,313
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville119$49,149$10,395
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville43$42,657$10,481
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern117$27,436$10,521
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City17$31,333$10,533
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville55$35,390$10,590
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington103$37,822$10,652
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington26$37,743$10,735
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City23$14,489$10,785
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton30$42,713$10,905
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord34$54,308$11,059
Duke Regional HospitalDurham44$35,719$11,176
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville130$32,382$11,325
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory15$44,629$11,334
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte13$43,389$11,355
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh51$56,544$11,419
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton22$44,378$11,624
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro71$34,563$11,929
Watauga Medical CenterBoone12$36,319$12,152
The McDowell HospitalMarion19$22,548$12,356
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn32$29,330$12,793
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville67$37,999$12,823
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton24$27,868$13,903
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton16$21,042$14,858
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte45$52,021$16,359
Duke University HospitalDurham90$49,346$17,418
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill60$63,237$21,639
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem49$57,757$22,028

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.