US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in North Carolina

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$24,646typical hospital bill
$7,059typical amount paid
$5,252–$13,917range paid across 65 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,646 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 CenterCharlotte17$25,748$5,252
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary105$29,421$5,575
Rex HospitalRaleigh131$21,139$5,818
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte16$24,646$5,828
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory24$45,089$5,835
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville33$27,958$5,942
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville13$35,883$6,029
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte121$34,472$6,101
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde25$29,396$6,175
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville15$17,739$6,252
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville13$20,624$6,267
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst138$32,990$6,336
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply51$23,738$6,346
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir15$23,362$6,391
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids18$16,185$6,412
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy15$11,960$6,417
Unc Health NashRocky Mount48$23,379$6,431
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews39$27,578$6,436
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston16$17,529$6,533
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville66$26,710$6,584
Johnston HealthSmithfield61$26,676$6,617
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury25$22,192$6,692
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro24$21,651$6,759
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle17$25,392$6,768
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville51$27,836$6,839
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City51$16,820$6,850
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem112$22,386$6,866
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington111$25,552$6,890
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory14$23,173$6,990
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City27$17,677$6,997
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh14$22,465$7,029
Harris Regional HospitalSylva12$37,168$7,052
Atrium Health UnionMonroe61$33,442$7,059
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington18$26,602$7,127
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point49$22,837$7,145
Central Carolina HospitalSanford20$41,710$7,152
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia97$29,114$7,164
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington11$17,221$7,219
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg12$23,888$7,229
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern39$23,492$7,229
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro54$19,060$7,270
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville48$22,400$7,365
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte37$30,592$7,366
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville25$29,860$7,418
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton26$26,747$7,566
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby64$40,849$7,596
Watauga Medical CenterBoone16$20,123$7,748
Duke Regional HospitalDurham50$18,959$7,762
Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford14$18,920$7,793
Randolph HospitalAsheboro14$42,215$7,853
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord91$35,176$7,855
Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville12$17,073$7,862
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton22$31,703$7,949
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro15$22,846$8,008
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh154$25,701$8,139
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro67$21,203$8,150
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville76$21,992$8,582
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville11$18,833$8,621
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte24$31,044$9,096
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn21$28,516$9,313
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton28$18,341$9,883
Duke University HospitalDurham109$24,489$11,765
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte78$37,089$12,608
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill63$27,985$13,543
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem85$29,368$13,917

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.