Cardiac Catheterization Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a heart problem other than a heart attack that includes cardiac catheterization, where doctors thread a thin tube into the heart's arteries to look for blockages. Patients in this group have other serious conditions that require extra care during the stay.
State average
$83,106
gross charge · DRG 286
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$53,184 – $103,379
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $53,184Cash pay $14,360Medicare pays (avg) $14,789 - 2
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $58,324Cash pay $23,329 - 3
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $62,450Cash pay $16,862Medicare pays (avg) $24,556 - 4
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $67,953Cash pay $27,181 - 5
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $70,940Cash pay $28,376 - 6
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $72,069Cash pay $28,828 - 7
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $74,061Cash pay $44,436Medicare pays (avg) $22,841 - 8
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $74,061Cash pay $44,436Medicare pays (avg) $13,152 - 9
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $81,534Cash pay $36,690Medicare pays (avg) $16,590 - 10
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276Medicare pays (avg) $14,635 - 11
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276 - 12
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276 - 13
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276 - 14
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276Medicare pays (avg) $13,135 - 15
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276Medicare pays (avg) $12,925 - 16
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276 - 17
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $92,553Cash pay $46,276 - 18
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $101,053Cash pay $40,421Medicare pays (avg) $14,131 - 19
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $102,697Cash pay $51,348 - 20
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $103,379Cash pay $41,352 - 21
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,374 - 22
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872Medicare pays (avg) $15,466 - 23
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,495 - 24
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 25
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 26
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,828 - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 30
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 31
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 32
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 33
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,967 - 34
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 35
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 36
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $34,872 - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 39
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,700
20 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac catheterization (DRG 286). Prices range from $53,184 to $103,379 — roughly $50,195 apart. The cheapest is Duke Regional Hospital in Durham; the most expensive is Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. The state average sits at $83,106.
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 cardiac catheterization 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 cardiac catheterization 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 cardiac catheterization in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 286 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.