Bowel Obstruction Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that stops food and fluid from passing through. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel with intravenous fluids, and sometimes a tube through the nose to relieve pressure, while the blockage clears.
State average
$18,893
gross charge · DRG 390
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$4,334 – $34,750
low to high
Data notes for North Carolina
- The lowest published charge ($4,334 at Randolph Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $4,334 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $13,382Cash pay $9,367 - 3
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 4
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 5
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 6
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 7
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 8
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 9
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 10
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $15,036Cash pay $7,518 - 11
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $15,998Cash pay $4,320Medicare pays (avg) $3,673 - 12
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $17,110Cash pay $4,620Medicare pays (avg) $5,001 - 13
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $17,806Cash pay $7,122 - 14
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $18,129Cash pay $8,158Medicare pays (avg) $3,102 - 15
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $18,737Cash pay $7,495Medicare pays (avg) $3,349 - 16
Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc
Bryson City, NC
Gross charge $19,642Cash pay $7,857 - 17
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $21,234Cash pay $12,740Medicare pays (avg) $6,100 - 18
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $21,234Cash pay $12,740Medicare pays (avg) $2,474 - 19
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $22,050Cash pay $11,025 - 20
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $24,306Cash pay $9,722 - 21
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $26,099Cash pay $10,440 - 22
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $26,476Cash pay $10,590 - 23
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $31,870Cash pay $12,748 - 24
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $34,750Cash pay $13,900 - 25
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,571 - 26
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954Medicare pays (avg) $4,153 - 27
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,069 - 28
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,334 - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 33
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 34
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 35
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 36
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 37
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,358 - 38
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 39
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 40
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,954 - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 43
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,413
24 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for bowel obstruction (DRG 390). Prices range from $4,334 to $34,750 — roughly $30,416 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $18,893.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 bowel obstruction at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bowel obstruction admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 bowel obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 390 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.