Cellulitis Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$28,050
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$4,729 – $54,453
low to high
Data notes for North Carolina
- The lowest published charge ($4,729 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 $4,729 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $14,614Cash pay $10,230 - 3
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $17,244Cash pay $4,656Medicare pays (avg) $6,424 - 4
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $18,496Cash pay $4,994Medicare pays (avg) $8,003 - 5
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $22,038Cash pay $8,815 - 6
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $24,264Cash pay $14,558Medicare pays (avg) $8,271 - 7
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $24,264Cash pay $14,558Medicare pays (avg) $4,944 - 8
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $24,595Cash pay $9,838Medicare pays (avg) $5,428 - 9
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $26,964Cash pay $10,785 - 10
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129Medicare pays (avg) $5,998 - 11
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129 - 12
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129 - 13
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129Medicare pays (avg) $5,245 - 14
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129Medicare pays (avg) $5,347 - 15
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129Medicare pays (avg) $5,633 - 16
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129Medicare pays (avg) $4,541 - 17
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $28,257Cash pay $14,129 - 18
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $28,374Cash pay $11,349 - 19
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $29,130Cash pay $13,109Medicare pays (avg) $5,956 - 20
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $29,177Cash pay $11,671 - 21
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $29,629Cash pay $14,814 - 22
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $34,432Cash pay $13,773 - 23
Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc
Bryson City, NC
Gross charge $40,041Cash pay $16,016 - 24
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $52,756Cash pay $21,102 - 25
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $54,453Cash pay $21,781 - 26
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,212 - 27
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354Medicare pays (avg) $5,919 - 28
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,295 - 29
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 31
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,718 - 32Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,848
- 33
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 34
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 35
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 36
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 37
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
Mooresville, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,788 - 38
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 39
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,581 - 40
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 41
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 42
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,354 - 43Gross charge —
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Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
25 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for cellulitis (DRG 603). Prices range from $4,729 to $54,453 — roughly $49,724 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford. The state average sits at $28,050.
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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.