Major Chest Injury Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay after a significant chest injury, such as broken ribs or a bruised lung from a fall or crash, in patients without other complicating conditions. Care focuses on pain control, help with breathing, and monitoring.
State average
$22,311
gross charge · DRG 185
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$5,196 – $38,685
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $5,196Cash pay $1,403 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $6,672Cash pay $4,671 - 3
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $6,910 - 4
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 5
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 6
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 7
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 8
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 9
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 10
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 11
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $20,657Cash pay $10,328 - 12
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $23,825Cash pay $10,721 - 13
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $26,278Cash pay $13,139 - 14
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $26,392Cash pay $10,557 - 15
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $28,167Cash pay $7,605 - 16
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $35,541Cash pay $14,216 - 17
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $38,685Cash pay $23,211 - 18
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $38,685Cash pay $23,211 - 19
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 20
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 21
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 22
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 23
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 24
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 27
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 28
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 29
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 30
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 31
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 32
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 33
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 34
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,944 - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 37
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —
18 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for major chest injury (DRG 185). Prices range from $5,196 to $38,685 — roughly $33,489 apart. The cheapest is Duke Regional Hospital in Durham; the most expensive is UNC REX Hospital in Raleigh. The state average sits at $22,311.
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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 185 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.