US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug in North Carolina

MS-DRG 065: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with cc or tpa in 24 hours

$36,029typical hospital bill
$8,538typical amount paid
$6,895–$14,559range paid across 56 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,029 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 HospitalCary46$42,638$6,895
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory25$65,405$7,178
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville14$23,708$7,230
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville13$33,804$7,277
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte60$49,421$7,397
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde17$41,091$7,502
Unc Health NashRocky Mount39$33,380$7,540
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury20$33,638$7,565
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids26$25,333$7,714
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy18$18,219$7,734
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville48$24,205$7,748
Rex HospitalRaleigh70$33,968$7,836
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia47$53,635$7,910
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst66$49,271$7,915
Johnston HealthSmithfield40$38,353$7,992
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville31$31,515$8,063
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews24$35,859$8,083
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston18$24,002$8,137
Harris Regional HospitalSylva12$30,675$8,170
Atrium Health UnionMonroe51$47,532$8,202
Wilson Medical CenterWilson15$59,855$8,232
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby44$53,669$8,321
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point24$45,193$8,342
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson14$41,287$8,370
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville113$40,498$8,381
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro46$21,660$8,442
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem104$35,634$8,458
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte64$36,395$8,471
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville20$35,809$8,606
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington141$39,407$8,609
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City23$15,230$8,627
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern44$32,954$8,632
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City35$29,265$8,675
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton20$43,789$8,692
Central Carolina HospitalSanford11$51,429$8,713
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory22$32,342$8,745
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington32$29,832$8,790
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro13$28,763$8,821
Duke Regional HospitalDurham34$31,886$9,003
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville22$24,278$9,116
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville79$38,356$9,352
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie13$26,805$9,496
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro70$30,089$9,586
Watauga Medical CenterBoone23$27,722$9,614
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord80$53,728$9,624
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh104$46,461$9,855
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton21$50,396$9,947
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro20$34,100$10,492
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte12$53,187$10,778
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville107$38,579$10,872
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville15$36,199$11,047
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn11$35,401$11,268
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte57$54,023$13,256
Duke University HospitalDurham98$44,424$13,784
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem72$40,201$14,429
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill53$43,232$14,559

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.