DRG 313 · Cardiovascular

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
$31,972
gross charge · DRG 313
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$5,303 – $49,688
low to high
Lowest $5,303 Highest $49,688

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 $31,972.

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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Randolph Hospital

    Asheboro, NC

    Gross charge $5,303
  2. 2

    UNC Hospitals

    Chapel Hill, NC

    Gross charge $18,736
    Cash pay $11,242
  3. 3

    UNC REX Hospital

    Raleigh, NC

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $18,736
    Cash pay $11,242
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,855
  4. 4

    Duke University Hospital

    Durham, NC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $18,946
    Cash pay $5,116
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,820
  5. 5

    Duke Regional Hospital

    Durham, NC

    Gross charge $18,946
    Cash pay $5,116
  6. 6

    Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

    Wilmington, NC

    Gross charge $23,639
    Cash pay $10,638
  7. 7

    Haywood Regional Medical Center

    Clyde, NC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $25,154
    Cash pay $10,061
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,174
  8. 8

    Rutherford Regional Health System

    Rutherfordton, NC

    Gross charge $26,991
    Cash pay $10,797
  9. 9

    Central Carolina Hospital

    Sanford, NC

    Gross charge $29,901
    Cash pay $11,961
  10. 10

    Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

    Salisbury, NC

    Gross charge $30,931
    Cash pay $15,466
  11. 11

    Wilson Medical Center

    Wilson, NC

    Gross charge $31,699
    Cash pay $12,680
  12. 12

    Maria Parham Medical Center

    Henderson, NC

    Gross charge $31,896
    Cash pay $12,758
  13. 13

    Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Charlotte, NC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,245
  14. 14

    Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center

    Thomasville, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  15. 15

    Novant Health Medical Park Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  16. 16

    Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center

    Supply, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  17. 17

    Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

    Matthews, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  18. 18

    Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

    Huntersville, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  19. 19

    Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center

    Charlotte, NC

    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  20. 20
    Gross charge $42,606
    Cash pay $21,303
  21. 21

    Frye Regional Medical Center

    Hickory, NC

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $49,688
    Cash pay $19,875
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,803
  22. 22

    CaroMont Regional Medical Center

    Gastonia, NC

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,731
  23. 23

    Ecu Health Medical Center

    Greenville, NC

    27 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,178
  24. 24

    North Carolina Baptist Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    Gross charge
  25. 25
    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center

    North Wilkesboro, NC

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Columbus Regional Healthcare System

    Whiteville, NC

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Wakemed, Raleigh Campus

    Raleigh, NC

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,600
  29. 29

    Cape Fear Valley Betsy Johnson Hospital

    Dunn, NC

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

    Elkin, NC

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital

    Ahoskie, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  32. 32

    ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital

    Tarboro, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  33. 33

    ECU Health Duplin Hospital

    Kenansville, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  34. 34

    ECU Health North Hospital

    Roanoke Rapids, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  35. 35

    WakeMed Cary Hospital

    Cary, NC

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    ECU Health Bertie Hospital

    Windsor, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  37. 37

    ECU Health Chowan Hospital

    Edenton, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  38. 38

    The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc

    Nags Head, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $17,751
  39. 39
    Gross charge
  40. 40

    Angel Medical Center

    Franklin, NC

    Gross charge

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