US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$51,586typical hospital bill
$15,092typical amount paid
$12,121–$28,791range paid across 76 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,586 for this stay in 2024, about 3.4 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 Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte61$39,333$12,121
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville69$68,782$13,053
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory137$107,685$13,183
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde109$52,014$13,352
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville99$41,602$13,394
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville253$41,756$13,423
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary217$54,283$13,438
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte55$45,855$13,446
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville142$57,941$13,501
Rex HospitalRaleigh316$52,272$13,650
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews179$65,002$13,759
Unc Health NashRocky Mount220$46,477$13,792
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville123$35,076$13,820
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy92$21,593$13,847
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir80$33,104$13,888
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst356$75,380$14,136
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle92$63,530$14,203
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro116$42,811$14,218
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston223$25,696$14,238
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte296$75,650$14,271
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh73$43,009$14,278
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington94$40,248$14,298
Unc RockinghamEden43$27,674$14,323
Johnston HealthSmithfield226$58,650$14,345
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory140$40,308$14,445
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury138$51,979$14,481
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton109$51,193$14,510
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson104$67,956$14,536
Harris Regional HospitalSylva97$67,604$14,740
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg139$50,061$14,777
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply123$46,300$14,817
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids148$34,014$14,855
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin46$49,058$14,921
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville123$57,871$14,923
Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford30$24,851$14,939
Central Carolina HospitalSanford86$69,901$14,964
Randolph HospitalAsheboro99$69,698$15,033
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte132$69,309$15,033
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby181$80,439$15,150
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington192$39,474$15,174
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville130$41,574$15,227
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie101$30,902$15,336
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville861$61,970$15,346
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point185$56,239$15,384
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton194$63,196$15,394
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem463$58,674$15,438
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia350$81,545$15,571
Duke Regional HospitalDurham204$41,783$15,852
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville90$28,606$15,853
Granville Health SystemsOxford31$40,843$15,977
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro112$38,981$16,012
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville472$54,622$16,076
Wilson Medical CenterWilson151$88,339$16,114
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord366$71,981$16,227
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro170$40,391$16,324
Atrium Health UnionMonroe179$78,511$16,582
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville32$48,827$16,618
The McDowell HospitalMarion43$41,886$16,634
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City144$30,373$16,683
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern329$43,328$16,834
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington553$62,003$16,848
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro506$45,838$16,850
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh385$57,444$16,935
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City325$45,929$17,042
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte60$74,940$17,278
Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro22$71,365$17,748
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton80$60,681$17,839
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn125$42,589$18,027
Watauga Medical CenterBoone78$37,413$18,923
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville585$54,036$19,310
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton101$41,304$20,737
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton44$31,592$21,683
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte260$94,586$24,644
Duke University HospitalDurham347$67,361$25,363
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem296$68,633$27,789
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill250$80,528$28,791

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.