All published prices at Carolina East Medical Center

137 procedures, each showing what the hospital billed, what that care was actually paid for, and how the charge compares with the national middle for the same coded work.

Procedure	Patients	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay	17	$58,053	$17,909	-26%
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Complications MS-DRG 240 · Inpatient stay	17	$60,270	$24,906	-50%
Other Vascular Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 254 · Inpatient stay	17	$54,365	$14,589	-29%
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay	17	$40,323	$24,790	-66%
Level 5 ENT Procedures APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit	17	$24,927	$5,458	-27%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay	16	$56,774	$24,872	-52%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit	16	$22,635	$6,137	-41%
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon without Major Complications MS-DRG 269 · Inpatient stay	15	$140,572	$34,945	-15%
Digestive Disorder (severe) MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay	15	$35,588	$10,746	-31%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications) MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay	15	$55,326	$17,001	-31%
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay	15	$24,397	$10,224	-56%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications MS-DRG 394 · Inpatient stay	14	$25,368	$7,916	-35%
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay	14	$22,943	$9,489	-49%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay	14	$53,078	$13,857	-36%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay	14	$30,204	$13,262	-55%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay	14	$25,881	$15,475	-66%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay	13	$59,198	$16,220	-22%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 273 · Inpatient stay	13	$123,885	$32,974	-33%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Complications MS-DRG 442 · Inpatient stay	13	$22,797	$8,072	-46%
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay	13	$55,927	$16,619	-24%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay	13	$38,060	$14,605	-45%
Complex GI Procedures APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit	13	$22,681	$4,086	-24%
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Major Complications MS-DRG 091 · Inpatient stay	12	$36,668	$15,002	-48%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay	12	$188,735	$65,599	-39%
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay	12	$36,272	$11,950	-35%
Extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Complications MS-DRG 982 · Inpatient stay	12	$105,130	$25,965	about average
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay	12	$24,446	$8,777	-38%
Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy with Intraluminal Device without Major Complications MS-DRG 324 · Inpatient stay	12	$124,787	$25,710	-22%
Stroke (uncomplicated) MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay	11	$26,662	$6,249	-26%
Heart Attack (uncomplicated) MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay	11	$29,803	$7,277	-22%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay	11	$38,922	$12,260	-32%
Major Chest Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay	11	$72,940	$21,445	-33%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures without Cardiac Catheterization MS-DRG 220 · Inpatient stay	11	$133,620	$44,210	-43%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 271 · Inpatient stay	11	$119,731	$30,247	-20%
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay	11	$61,801	$33,509	-58%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay	11	$38,886	$15,390	-43%
Cardiac Pacemaker Revision Except Device Replacement with Complications MS-DRG 261 · Inpatient stay	11	$33,591	$15,804	-70%

These figures are averages across this hospital's Medicare patients in the most recent federal data year. They are not a quote and not your bill. For your own case, ask the hospital for a written good-faith estimate and check its published machine-readable price file.