US Health Care Costs

Transurethral Procedures with Cc in North Carolina

MS-DRG 669: Transurethral procedures with cc

$56,385typical hospital bill
$15,073typical amount paid
$12,004–$18,142range paid across 2 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,385 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville11$77,246$12,004
Duke University HospitalDurham11$35,524$18,142

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.