C-Section Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$39,808
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$10,326 – $82,183
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $10,326 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $14,847Cash pay $10,393 - 3
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $20,518Cash pay $5,540 - 4
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $25,593Cash pay $6,910 - 5
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $27,619Cash pay $11,048 - 6
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $30,293Cash pay $18,176 - 7
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $30,293Cash pay $18,176 - 8
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $31,649Cash pay $15,824 - 9
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $39,766Cash pay $15,907 - 10
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 11
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 12
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 13
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 14
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 15
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 16
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 17
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $43,006Cash pay $21,503 - 18
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $45,041Cash pay $18,016 - 19
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $50,773Cash pay $22,848 - 20
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $59,871Cash pay $23,948 - 21
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $62,950Cash pay $25,180 - 22
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $82,183Cash pay $32,873 - 23
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 24
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 25
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 26
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 27
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 28
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 31
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 32
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 33
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 34
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
Mooresville, NC
Gross charge — - 35
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 36
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 37
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 38
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 39
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,634 - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 42
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —
22 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for c-section (DRG 786). Prices range from $10,326 to $82,183 — roughly $71,857 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. The state average sits at $39,808.
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 786 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.