CostGrade

All published prices at Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast

162 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.

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Procedure Patients Charged Actually paid vs national
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications

MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay

18 $76,056 $13,038 -8%
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Major Complications

MS-DRG 417 · Inpatient stay

18 $95,790 $18,301 -9%
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $53,002 $5,600 +34%
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit

18 $29,987 $3,067 +32%
Major Chest Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 163 · Inpatient stay

17 $152,424 $34,343 -14%
Hypertension without Major Complications

MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay

17 $34,329 $6,735 about average
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications

MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay

17 $29,281 $8,691 -6%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

17 $33,152 $6,535 about average
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay

17 $79,135 $17,335 -5%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

17 $49,034 $14,552 about average
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications

MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay

17 $86,112 $14,943 +34%
Sepsis

MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay

16 $240,802 $46,318 -10%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay

16 $244,085 $45,347 about average
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Major Complications

MS-DRG 444 · Inpatient stay

16 $54,461 $13,668 -24%
Back Problems (severe)

MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay

16 $66,757 $14,839 -4%
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit

16 $21,006 $3,441 -4%
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay

15 $54,991 $13,021 -17%
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications

MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay

15 $28,923 $7,752 -17%
Skin Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay

15 $55,526 $12,232 +8%
Endocrine Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 644 · Inpatient stay

15 $40,136 $10,512 +4%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

15 $33,543 $2,754 +65%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications

MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay

14 $85,832 $18,120 -8%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications

MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay

14 $29,574 $7,904 -9%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay

14 $94,988 $15,289 +28%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization with Major Complications

MS-DRG 235 · Inpatient stay

14 $263,226 $48,073 +9%
Digestive Malignancy with Major Complications

MS-DRG 374 · Inpatient stay

14 $85,100 $16,601 about average
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without

MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay

14 $35,841 $7,720 about average
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay

14 $35,271 $7,821 -10%
Other Digestive System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 356 · Inpatient stay

14 $140,299 $32,935 -24%
Signs and Symptoms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 947 · Inpatient stay

14 $50,808 $12,065 -7%
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay

13 $188,451 $41,828 -18%
Stroke (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 066 · Inpatient stay

13 $41,267 $6,945 +15%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours

MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay

13 $82,289 $20,753 -27%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

13 $58,655 $15,459 -27%
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major

MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay

13 $63,049 $14,643 -17%
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications

MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay

13 $265,627 $55,028 +20%
Pneumonia (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 195 · Inpatient stay

13 $26,583 $5,882 about average
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal

MS-DRG 024 · Inpatient stay

12 $125,512 $26,867 -18%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

12 $72,064 $21,042 -16%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications

MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay

12 $39,820 $8,509 -7%
Respiratory Neoplasms with Major Complications

MS-DRG 180 · Inpatient stay

12 $62,405 $17,352 -16%
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay

12 $210,962 $39,465 -6%
Major Chest Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay

12 $139,246 $19,255 +28%
Major Chest Trauma with Complications

MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay

12 $48,816 $9,847 about average
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay

12 $43,997 $12,414 -35%
Malignancy of Hepatobiliary System or Pancreas with Major Complications

MS-DRG 435 · Inpatient stay

12 $72,924 $16,187 -11%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

12 $113,536 $22,666 +5%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay

12 $24,364 $5,501 about average
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay

12 $186,627 $49,572 +5%
Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without Major Complications

MS-DRG 554 · Inpatient stay

12 $33,629 $7,529 +4%
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures

APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit

12 $83,093 $17,470 -13%
Implantation of Drug Infusion Device

APC 5471 · Hospital outpatient visit

12 $85,372 $15,993 +16%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation without Major Complications

MS-DRG 234 · Inpatient stay

11 $290,971 $36,712 +32%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications

MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay

11 $227,539 $29,760 +24%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay

11 $65,709 $14,273 -14%
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications

MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay

11 $129,987 $23,228 +16%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications

MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay

11 $151,716 $27,315 +5%
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications

MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay

11 $35,079 $9,269 -32%
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with

MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay

11 $88,783 $22,426 +20%
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Major Complications

MS-DRG 907 · Inpatient stay

11 $124,631 $39,004 -28%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with

MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay

11 $37,585 $9,374 -9%
Fever and Inflammatory Conditions

MS-DRG 864 · Inpatient stay

11 $33,764 $8,705 -26%

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.