US Health Care Costs

Stroke, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 064: Intracranial hemorrhage or cerebral infarction with mcc

$62,034typical hospital bill
$15,282typical amount paid
$12,318–$27,987range paid across 44 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $62,034 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory21$81,021$12,318
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville11$69,255$12,715
Johnston HealthSmithfield11$50,253$13,032
Rex HospitalRaleigh66$47,223$13,394
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton13$47,300$13,421
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews13$54,274$13,672
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville11$44,891$13,737
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle11$73,072$13,777
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst41$75,632$14,106
Atrium Health UnionMonroe36$63,385$14,173
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary22$74,544$14,236
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte48$83,042$14,239
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg15$55,822$14,310
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory19$40,271$14,496
Unc Health NashRocky Mount23$56,155$14,511
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point18$64,082$14,620
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids16$34,434$14,632
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte72$70,464$14,747
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville132$69,747$14,858
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston17$28,790$14,975
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington17$33,089$15,140
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro17$33,881$15,184
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville14$56,915$15,380
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord40$74,803$15,531
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia51$71,950$15,629
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby19$80,872$15,816
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville72$52,278$16,185
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem80$66,843$16,308
Duke Regional HospitalDurham22$37,313$16,421
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro80$43,430$16,623
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern46$41,094$16,863
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City11$22,447$16,890
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City20$49,770$16,973
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington113$67,882$17,149
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh49$78,364$17,643
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton15$64,654$19,328
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville162$60,283$19,907
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte13$73,814$20,582
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn17$60,683$20,826
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton16$49,639$22,566
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte105$99,498$25,066
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem54$70,985$25,984
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill43$71,144$26,067
Duke University HospitalDurham83$85,069$27,987

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.