C-Section Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$32,348
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$8,283 – $69,841
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $8,283 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $13,238Cash pay $9,266 - 3
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $19,429Cash pay $5,246 - 4
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $19,429Cash pay $5,246 - 5
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $26,787Cash pay $16,072 - 6
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $26,787Cash pay $16,072 - 7
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $28,321Cash pay $14,161 - 8
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 9
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 10
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 11
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 12
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 13
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 14
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 15
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,820Cash pay $15,410 - 16
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $32,037Cash pay $12,815 - 17
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $34,166Cash pay $13,666 - 18
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $35,714Cash pay $16,071 - 19
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $39,023Cash pay $15,609 - 20
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $43,182Cash pay $17,273 - 21
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $50,448Cash pay $20,179 - 22
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $50,766Cash pay $20,306 - 23
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $69,841Cash pay $27,936 - 24
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 25
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 26
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 27
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 28
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center
North Wilkesboro, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 33
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 34
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 35
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 36
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
Mooresville, NC
Gross charge — - 37
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 38
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 39
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 40
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 41
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,336 - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
23 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 788). Prices range from $8,283 to $69,841 — roughly $61,558 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. The state average sits at $32,348.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in North Carolina, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.