75/100
#482 nationally
Carolina East Medical Center
2000 Neuse Blvd, New Bern, NC 28560 · (252) 633-8640
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carolina East Medical Center billed $3.62 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 137
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #13
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 70% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,620 | $7,221 | $2,158 | -39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
686 | $14,811 | $2,540 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
557 | $47,262 | $12,230 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
364 | $6,117 | $1,495 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $23,278 | $3,011 | -8% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
329 | $43,328 | $16,834 | -34% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
287 | $28,378 | $6,601 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $28,175 | $10,945 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
200 | $22,677 | $4,746 | -17% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $8,230 | $1,773 | -30% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$223,409 | $42,207 | +18% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$142,693 | $27,109 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$146,531 | $21,846 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,349 | $5,327 | +8% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,512 | $19,447 | about average |
|
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Complications
MS-DRG 982 · Inpatient stay |
$105,130 | $25,965 | about average |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$148,548 | $30,570 | about average |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,403 | $28,856 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cardiac Pacemaker Revision Except Device Replacement with Complications
MS-DRG 261 · Inpatient stay |
$33,591 | $15,804 | -70% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$40,323 | $24,790 | -66% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$25,881 | $15,475 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures
APC 5503 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,642 | $2,178 | -61% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,459 | $5,122 | -60% |
|
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay |
$61,801 | $33,509 | -58% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$22,638 | $9,623 | -57% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$24,397 | $10,224 | -56% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.