74/100
#532 nationally
Unc Hospitals
101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 · (919) 966-4141
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Unc Hospitals billed $2.78 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
- 2.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 222
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NC
- #21
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% 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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
1,052 | $2,965 | $585 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
519 | $7,222 | $1,794 | -44% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
495 | $7,469 | $1,439 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
407 | $11,803 | $2,115 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
397 | $7,694 | $1,703 | -35% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
360 | $11,404 | $2,577 | -36% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
289 | $13,130 | $2,449 | -32% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
250 | $80,528 | $28,791 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
229 | $10,380 | $2,878 | -46% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $22,004 | $4,681 | -20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$126,111 | $46,435 | +87% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$126,186 | $44,870 | +71% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$118,849 | $43,537 | +67% |
|
Complications of Treatment with Complications
MS-DRG 920 · Inpatient stay |
$69,024 | $24,560 | +56% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$56,451 | $20,346 | +50% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$109,791 | $41,410 | +44% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Complications
MS-DRG 908 · Inpatient stay |
$123,710 | $45,588 | +37% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$102,850 | $39,618 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant
MS-DRG 014 · Inpatient stay |
$208,912 | $135,369 | -58% |
|
Non-extensive Burns
MS-DRG 935 · Inpatient stay |
$40,146 | $24,332 | -58% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,702 | $1,406 | -57% |
|
Major Bladder Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 654 · Inpatient stay |
$64,672 | $30,999 | -56% |
|
Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Ovarian or Adnexal Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 737 · Inpatient stay |
$51,473 | $22,945 | -55% |
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 657 · Inpatient stay |
$40,942 | $19,880 | -54% |
|
Cochlear Implant Procedure
APC 5166 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$56,050 | $29,552 | -54% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$88,539 | $47,912 | -53% |
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.