92/100
#44 nationally
Carteret General Hospital
3500 Arendell St, Morehead City, NC 28557 · (252) 808-6000
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carteret General Hospital billed $2.28 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
- 2.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 64
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 90% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 93% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
266 | $8,095 | $2,539 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
144 | $30,373 | $16,683 | -53% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
118 | $18,448 | $10,899 | -58% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $38,817 | $11,905 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $6,491 | $1,438 | -36% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $23,700 | $6,608 | -41% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $40,126 | $15,896 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $22,705 | $14,183 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $15,205 | $5,322 | -57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $16,820 | $6,850 | -44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,336 | $2,541 | -13% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,228 | $8,595 | -34% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,343 | $3,254 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,491 | $1,438 | -36% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$19,973 | $6,767 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,817 | $11,905 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,478 | $6,086 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,700 | $6,608 | -41% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$48,664 | $40,076 | -73% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,270 | $1,456 | -71% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$22,447 | $16,890 | -71% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$14,489 | $10,785 | -70% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$10,371 | $6,740 | -68% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$38,702 | $24,861 | -67% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$15,230 | $8,627 | -67% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$13,576 | $8,190 | -65% |
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.