All published prices at Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health

256 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
Multiple Level Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without MS-DRG 428 · Inpatient stay	16	$235,186	$58,837	+7%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay	15	$121,648	$41,391	+144%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay	15	$253,043	$75,513	about average
Liver Transplant with Major Complications or Intestinal Transplant MS-DRG 005 · Inpatient stay	15	$546,993	$164,099	-23%
Ventricular Shunt Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 033 · Inpatient stay	15	$78,742	$16,520	about average
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay	15	$75,282	$19,900	-6%
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications MS-DRG 863 · Inpatient stay	15	$40,143	$13,321	+5%
Other Operating Room Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma with Major Complications MS-DRG 957 · Inpatient stay	15	$439,591	$98,808	+20%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Major Complications MS-DRG 492 · Inpatient stay	15	$172,470	$38,755	+15%
Chemotherapy without Acute Leukemia as Secondary Diagnosis with Major Complications MS-DRG 846 · Inpatient stay	15	$71,918	$32,740	-33%
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay	14	$92,238	$22,180	about average
Heart Attack (with complications) MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay	14	$51,732	$13,752	+18%
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay	14	$506,124	$103,005	+14%
Back Problems (severe) MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay	14	$83,204	$21,214	+20%
Other Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 580 · Inpatient stay	14	$84,360	$22,548	about average
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay	14	$245,317	$46,880	+37%
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 328 · Inpatient stay	14	$134,331	$20,106	+77%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications MS-DRG 372 · Inpatient stay	14	$44,577	$14,480	+12%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay	14	$21,654	$8,370	-10%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	14	$21,350	$2,094	+82%
Extracranial Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay	13	$104,051	$16,788	+55%
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay	13	$75,477	$13,951	+42%
Transient Ischemia without Thrombolytic MS-DRG 069 · Inpatient stay	13	$44,272	$10,886	+7%
Carotid Artery Stent Procedures without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 036 · Inpatient stay	13	$91,270	$16,890	+30%
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay	13	$57,059	$14,477	+20%
Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon with Major Complications MS-DRG 268 · Inpatient stay	13	$417,349	$90,305	+24%
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral with Complications MS-DRG 354 · Inpatient stay	13	$97,182	$18,594	+15%
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay	13	$108,483	$23,337	+47%
Non-extensive Operating Room Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Major MS-DRG 987 · Inpatient stay	13	$139,281	$40,088	-3%
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay	13	$44,249	$14,500	+7%
Coagulation Disorders MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay	13	$72,337	$18,461	+8%
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh with Major MS-DRG 562 · Inpatient stay	13	$72,663	$21,264	+35%
Signs and Symptoms with Major Complications MS-DRG 947 · Inpatient stay	13	$53,358	$14,731	about average
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit	13	$99,914	$19,627	+6%
Coronary Bypass with Cardiac Catheterization or Open Ablation with Major Complications MS-DRG 233 · Inpatient stay	12	$393,312	$98,652	+28%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization with Major Complications MS-DRG 235 · Inpatient stay	12	$277,236	$53,362	+15%
Pneumothorax with Complications MS-DRG 200 · Inpatient stay	12	$43,153	$13,512	-10%
Other Circulatory System Operating Room Procedures MS-DRG 264 · Inpatient stay	12	$115,823	$35,804	-15%
Other Digestive System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 356 · Inpatient stay	12	$123,998	$39,314	-33%
Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur without MS-DRG 494 · Inpatient stay	12	$116,404	$20,645	+31%
Dysequilibrium MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay	12	$38,103	$9,647	about average
Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy with Intraluminal Device with Major Complications MS-DRG 323 · Inpatient stay	12	$218,114	$38,925	about average
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay	12	$105,850	$27,651	about average
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Other Procedures with Complications MS-DRG 824 · Inpatient stay	12	$102,213	$26,057	-22%
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay	11	$207,576	$35,330	+13%
Other Factors Influencing Health Status MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay	11	$21,700	$8,681	about average
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay	11	$38,948	$10,652	+11%
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay	11	$50,025	$17,410	-26%
Digestive Malignancy with Complications MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay	11	$56,110	$13,680	+5%
Respiratory Neoplasms with Complications MS-DRG 181 · Inpatient stay	11	$64,005	$14,876	+23%
Signs and Symptoms of Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue without Major MS-DRG 556 · Inpatient stay	11	$32,090	$11,622	-15%
Intracranial Vascular Procedures with Principal Diagnosis Hemorrhage with Major MS-DRG 020 · Inpatient stay	11	$327,974	$66,622	-6%
Aftercare, Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue with Complications MS-DRG 560 · Inpatient stay	11	$40,157	$12,641	about average
Spinal Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 028 · Inpatient stay	11	$276,932	$60,483	about average
Peritoneal Adhesiolysis without Complications/mcc MS-DRG 337 · Inpatient stay	11	$89,299	$17,939	+17%
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit	11	$127,891	$7,857	+90%

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.