Cardiac Catheterization Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a heart problem other than a heart attack, during which doctors thread a thin tube into the heart's arteries to look for blockages or other issues. Most patients are monitored briefly and go home soon after the test.
State average
$53,963
gross charge · DRG 287
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$38,380 – $78,303
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $38,380Cash pay $10,363Medicare pays (avg) $8,158 - 2
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $39,152Cash pay $15,661 - 3
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $41,074Cash pay $11,090Medicare pays (avg) $9,125 - 4
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $41,704Cash pay $18,767Medicare pays (avg) $7,267 - 5
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $46,222Cash pay $18,489 - 6
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $51,902Cash pay $31,141Medicare pays (avg) $10,563 - 7
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $51,902Cash pay $31,141Medicare pays (avg) $6,139 - 8
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $55,651Cash pay $27,825 - 9
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159Medicare pays (avg) $7,611 - 10
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159 - 11
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159 - 12
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159 - 13
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159Medicare pays (avg) $6,359 - 14
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159Medicare pays (avg) $6,562 - 15
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159 - 16
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $56,317Cash pay $28,159 - 17
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $58,032Cash pay $23,213 - 18
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $61,239Cash pay $24,496 - 19
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $65,159Cash pay $26,064 - 20
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $78,303Cash pay $31,321Medicare pays (avg) $6,239 - 21
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,162 - 22
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190Medicare pays (avg) $7,877 - 23
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,003 - 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) $7,730 - 27Gross charge —
- 28
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 30
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 31
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 32
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 33
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,178 - 34
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 35
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 36
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,190 - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 39
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,747
20 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac catheterization (DRG 287). Prices range from $38,380 to $78,303 — roughly $39,923 apart. The cheapest is Duke Regional Hospital in Durham; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $53,963.
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 287 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.