US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in North Carolina

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$32,540typical hospital bill
$9,566typical amount paid
$7,489–$19,590range paid across 66 hospitals

North Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,540 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 Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte12$31,236$7,489
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte12$33,480$7,582
Wakemed, Cary HospitalCary64$33,392$7,715
Rex HospitalRaleigh102$24,345$8,022
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville13$32,238$8,075
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory25$54,877$8,197
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde19$33,389$8,199
Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville15$25,662$8,284
Johnston HealthSmithfield53$31,959$8,336
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville22$33,144$8,374
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews30$39,729$8,418
Unc Health NashRocky Mount61$26,721$8,489
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte74$46,198$8,515
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir14$30,452$8,636
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro16$30,541$8,662
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy18$14,412$8,726
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids17$25,641$8,783
Firsthealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst110$44,001$8,840
Novant Health Brunswick Medical CenterSupply27$29,405$8,879
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle16$39,194$8,912
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville22$21,771$8,943
Unc Lenoir Health CareKinston44$20,958$8,981
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury38$34,689$9,084
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia62$42,837$9,104
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby69$40,757$9,163
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton21$37,612$9,227
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem106$33,068$9,236
Central Carolina HospitalSanford17$47,815$9,277
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville55$32,842$9,283
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson13$48,685$9,287
Vidant Roanoke Chowan HospitalAhoskie17$20,320$9,475
Wilson Medical CenterWilson22$53,422$9,489
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery CeAsheville60$33,044$9,555
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg17$33,531$9,577
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte44$47,359$9,677
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory27$26,510$9,677
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington23$26,535$9,679
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord51$40,822$9,871
Randolph HospitalAsheboro13$36,899$9,874
Atrium Health UnionMonroe61$51,019$9,880
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern70$27,814$9,887
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City44$17,998$9,949
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville65$30,847$10,065
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point21$33,213$10,087
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington134$28,754$10,101
Unc Health Care WayneGoldsboro52$26,742$10,135
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City32$21,000$10,150
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville23$30,287$10,352
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton16$40,806$10,361
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro15$19,076$10,653
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton32$36,236$10,729
Wakemed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh106$37,813$10,756
Duke Regional HospitalDurham45$26,501$10,809
The Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalGreensboro74$27,306$10,907
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville14$21,196$10,968
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn28$26,018$11,010
Watauga Medical CenterBoone14$20,211$11,104
The McDowell HospitalMarion11$24,169$11,629
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte16$54,676$12,059
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville110$31,338$12,334
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton47$21,894$13,194
Sampson Regional Medical CenterClinton11$13,954$14,269
Duke University HospitalDurham54$33,533$16,180
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem48$33,524$16,926
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte61$59,494$17,518
Unc HospitalsChapel Hill40$41,888$19,590

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.