Chest Pain Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay to evaluate chest pain and rule out a heart attack or other serious cause. It typically involves heart monitoring, repeated blood tests, and sometimes a stress test or heart imaging.
State average
$32,098
gross charge · DRG 313
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$5,303 – $49,688
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $5,303 - 2
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $18,736Cash pay $11,242 - 3
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $18,736Cash pay $11,242Medicare pays (avg) $3,855 - 4
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $19,785Cash pay $5,342 - 5
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $20,742Cash pay $5,600Medicare pays (avg) $6,820 - 6
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $23,639Cash pay $10,638 - 7
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $25,154Cash pay $10,061Medicare pays (avg) $4,174 - 8
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $26,991Cash pay $10,797 - 9
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $29,901Cash pay $11,961 - 10
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $30,931Cash pay $15,466 - 11
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $31,699Cash pay $12,680 - 12
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $31,896Cash pay $12,758 - 13
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303Medicare pays (avg) $5,245 - 14
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 15
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 16
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 17
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 18
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 19
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 20
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $42,606Cash pay $21,303 - 21
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $49,688Cash pay $19,875Medicare pays (avg) $3,803 - 22
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,731 - 23
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751Medicare pays (avg) $5,178 - 24
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 25
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 26
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 27
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,600 - 28Gross charge —
- 29
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 31
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 32
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 33
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 34
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 35
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 36
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 37
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,751 - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 40
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,662
21 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for chest pain (DRG 313). Prices range from $5,303 to $49,688 — roughly $44,385 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $32,098.
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 chest pain 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 chest pain 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 chest pain in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 313 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.