US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in North Carolina

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$33,094typical hospital bill
$8,622typical amount paid
$6,751–$16,325range paid across 63 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,094 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
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte17$26,420$6,751
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary74$36,526$7,196
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville23$38,110$7,386
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory29$65,687$7,416
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville12$39,878$7,422
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde26$34,518$7,511
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville25$24,473$7,552
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews28$39,298$7,611
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy28$17,255$7,728
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville41$23,315$7,755
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte17$28,193$7,778
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir13$22,512$7,918
Rex HospitalRaleigh56$30,660$7,922
Johnston HealthSmithfield49$38,218$7,962
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte38$40,469$8,046
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst57$43,573$8,063
Central Carolina HospitalSanford15$43,457$8,132
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby25$39,471$8,193
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston33$21,337$8,194
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply51$33,094$8,288
Atrium Health UnionMonroe25$41,293$8,340
Harris Regional HospitalSylva20$35,550$8,346
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids26$20,502$8,383
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson30$49,707$8,411
Wilson Medical CenterWilson23$49,924$8,464
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville26$24,119$8,472
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton21$34,954$8,475
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro21$24,948$8,517
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia51$41,817$8,558
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem110$36,279$8,571
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro21$28,820$8,621
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie16$20,630$8,622
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville96$33,514$8,630
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh24$32,670$8,657
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville36$32,420$8,694
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle17$33,764$8,706
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern31$29,185$8,726
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City40$19,548$8,734
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory25$28,778$8,739
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury27$42,444$8,787
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton21$35,957$8,846
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point26$26,148$8,867
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte24$32,130$8,937
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington66$35,157$8,985
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington40$23,432$9,018
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City60$24,043$9,046
Unc Health NashRocky Mount45$32,548$9,146
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville65$31,474$9,198
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord48$36,414$9,235
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg12$36,934$9,324
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville23$20,443$9,532
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro14$27,427$9,535
Duke Regional HospitalDurham43$27,429$9,732
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville36$39,794$9,767
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh100$38,415$10,449
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro67$27,357$10,623
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville92$26,968$11,131
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn14$23,385$11,210
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton18$29,131$11,701
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte34$45,588$13,556
Duke University HospitalDurham87$36,578$14,504
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem43$34,228$15,326
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill49$36,415$16,325

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.