US Health Care Costs

Seizures with Mcc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 100: Seizures with mcc

$69,800typical hospital bill
$16,268typical amount paid
$12,676–$32,053range paid across 18 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $69,800 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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 UnionMonroe19$64,548$12,676
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary12$70,167$12,886
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst16$84,192$13,877
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville54$55,060$14,604
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte22$83,018$14,723
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte21$69,434$14,772
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord32$66,491$14,875
Rex HospitalRaleigh21$54,001$15,059
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh18$64,098$15,976
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro34$56,138$16,559
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville25$56,482$17,173
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem34$78,198$18,058
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville42$77,981$20,682
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington33$94,570$21,879
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte34$103,460$24,439
Duke University HospitalDurham37$72,353$25,435
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill16$68,664$26,963
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem16$91,269$32,053

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.