DRG 554 · Musculoskeletal

Bone & Joint Disease Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals

A painful flare-up of a bone or joint condition, such as severe arthritis, gout, or a bone disorder, managed without surgery. The stay usually involves pain control, medications, imaging, and physical therapy to get moving again.

State average
$28,433
gross charge · DRG 554
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$5,843 – $48,412
low to high
Lowest $5,843 Highest $48,412

21 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for bone & joint disease (DRG 554). Prices range from $5,843 to $48,412 — roughly $42,569 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Wilson Medical Center in Wilson. The state average sits at $28,433.

The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of bone & joint disease. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists bone & joint disease at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling bone & joint disease in North Carolina, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. North Carolina hospitals missing from the list either don't perform bone & joint disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 554 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Randolph Hospital

    Asheboro, NC

    Gross charge $5,843
  2. 2

    Sampson Regional Medical Center

    Clinton, NC

    Gross charge $13,881
    Cash pay $9,717
  3. 3

    Duke University Hospital

    Durham, NC

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $16,327
    Cash pay $4,408
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,208
  4. 4

    Duke Regional Hospital

    Durham, NC

    Gross charge $16,327
    Cash pay $4,408
  5. 5

    Haywood Regional Medical Center

    Clyde, NC

    Gross charge $16,533
    Cash pay $6,613
  6. 6

    Person Memorial Hospital

    Roxboro, NC

    Gross charge $23,114
    Cash pay $9,245
  7. 7

    Harris Regional Hospital

    Sylva, NC

    Gross charge $24,680
    Cash pay $9,872
  8. 8

    Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

    Wilmington, NC

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,103
    Cash pay $13,096
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,796
  9. 9

    UNC Hospitals

    Chapel Hill, NC

    Gross charge $29,975
    Cash pay $17,985
  10. 10

    UNC REX Hospital

    Raleigh, NC

    Gross charge $29,975
    Cash pay $17,985
  11. 11
    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  12. 12

    Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center

    Thomasville, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  13. 13

    Novant Health Medical Park Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  14. 14

    Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center

    Supply, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  15. 15

    Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

    Matthews, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  16. 16

    Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

    Huntersville, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  17. 17

    Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center

    Charlotte, NC

    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  18. 18
    Gross charge $31,453
    Cash pay $15,726
  19. 19

    Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

    Salisbury, NC

    Gross charge $44,116
    Cash pay $22,058
  20. 20

    Maria Parham Medical Center

    Henderson, NC

    Gross charge $47,177
    Cash pay $18,871
  21. 21

    Wilson Medical Center

    Wilson, NC

    Gross charge $48,412
    Cash pay $19,365
  22. 22

    CaroMont Regional Medical Center

    Gastonia, NC

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Ecu Health Medical Center

    Greenville, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  24. 24

    North Carolina Baptist Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    Gross charge
  25. 25
    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center

    North Wilkesboro, NC

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Columbus Regional Healthcare System

    Whiteville, NC

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Wakemed, Raleigh Campus

    Raleigh, NC

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Cape Fear Valley Betsy Johnson Hospital

    Dunn, NC

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

    Elkin, NC

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital

    Ahoskie, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  32. 32

    ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital

    Tarboro, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  33. 33

    ECU Health Duplin Hospital

    Kenansville, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  34. 34

    ECU Health North Hospital

    Roanoke Rapids, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  35. 35

    WakeMed Cary Hospital

    Cary, NC

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    ECU Health Bertie Hospital

    Windsor, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  37. 37

    ECU Health Chowan Hospital

    Edenton, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  38. 38

    The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc

    Nags Head, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,424
  39. 39
    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Angel Medical Center

    Franklin, NC

    Gross charge

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