DRG 304 · Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals

Blood pressure high enough to require inpatient treatment. Care involves medicines to lower blood pressure safely and monitoring for effects on the heart, brain, and kidneys.

State average
$40,116
gross charge · DRG 304
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$4,907 – $118,393
low to high
Lowest $4,907 Highest $118,393

23 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for high blood pressure (DRG 304). Prices range from $4,907 to $118,393 — roughly 24×. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $40,116.

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 high blood pressure 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 high blood pressure 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 high blood pressure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 304 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.

Data notes for North Carolina

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Randolph Hospital

    Asheboro, NC

    Gross charge $4,907
  2. 2

    Sampson Regional Medical Center

    Clinton, NC

    Gross charge $17,794
    Cash pay $12,456
  3. 3

    Maria Parham Medical Center

    Henderson, NC

    Gross charge $27,150
    Cash pay $10,860
  4. 4

    Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Charlotte, NC

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,427
  5. 5

    Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center

    Thomasville, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  6. 6

    Novant Health Medical Park Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  7. 7

    Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center

    Supply, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  8. 8

    Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

    Matthews, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  9. 9

    Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

    Huntersville, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  10. 10

    Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center

    Charlotte, NC

    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  11. 11
    Gross charge $28,318
    Cash pay $14,159
  12. 12

    Duke University Hospital

    Durham, NC

    Gross charge $31,586
    Cash pay $8,528
  13. 13

    Duke Regional Hospital

    Durham, NC

    Gross charge $31,586
    Cash pay $8,528
  14. 14

    Rutherford Regional Health System

    Rutherfordton, NC

    Gross charge $33,219
    Cash pay $13,288
  15. 15

    Wilson Medical Center

    Wilson, NC

    Gross charge $33,800
    Cash pay $13,520
  16. 16

    Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center

    Wilmington, NC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $33,809
    Cash pay $15,214
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,248
  17. 17

    Harris Regional Hospital

    Sylva, NC

    Gross charge $35,483
    Cash pay $14,193
  18. 18

    Novant Health Rowan Medical Center

    Salisbury, NC

    Gross charge $37,227
    Cash pay $18,613
  19. 19

    Haywood Regional Medical Center

    Clyde, NC

    Gross charge $39,805
    Cash pay $15,922
  20. 20

    Central Carolina Hospital

    Sanford, NC

    Gross charge $41,947
    Cash pay $16,779
  21. 21

    UNC Hospitals

    Chapel Hill, NC

    Gross charge $104,704
    Cash pay $62,822
  22. 22

    UNC REX Hospital

    Raleigh, NC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $104,704
    Cash pay $62,822
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,001
  23. 23

    Frye Regional Medical Center

    Hickory, NC

    Gross charge $118,393
    Cash pay $47,357
  24. 24

    CaroMont Regional Medical Center

    Gastonia, NC

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,172
  25. 25

    Ecu Health Medical Center

    Greenville, NC

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,328
  26. 26

    North Carolina Baptist Hospital

    Winston-Salem, NC

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,454
  27. 27
    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center

    North Wilkesboro, NC

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Columbus Regional Healthcare System

    Whiteville, NC

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Wakemed, Raleigh Campus

    Raleigh, NC

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,428
  31. 31

    Cape Fear Valley Betsy Johnson Hospital

    Dunn, NC

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

    Elkin, NC

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital

    Ahoskie, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  34. 34

    ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital

    Tarboro, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  35. 35

    ECU Health Duplin Hospital

    Kenansville, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  36. 36

    ECU Health North Hospital

    Roanoke Rapids, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  37. 37

    WakeMed Cary Hospital

    Cary, NC

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    ECU Health Bertie Hospital

    Windsor, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  39. 39

    ECU Health Chowan Hospital

    Edenton, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  40. 40

    The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc

    Nags Head, NC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $16,440
  41. 41
    Gross charge
  42. 42

    Angel Medical Center

    Franklin, NC

    Gross charge

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