Major Heart & Vessel Surgery Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery on the heart or the body's largest blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. Recovery usually includes time in intensive care with close monitoring.
State average
$200,124
gross charge · DRG 270
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$156,207 – $262,871
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $156,207Cash pay $93,724Medicare pays (avg) $47,507 - 2
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $156,207Cash pay $93,724Medicare pays (avg) $34,669 - 3
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $168,543Cash pay $45,507Medicare pays (avg) $47,550 - 4
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $168,543Cash pay $45,507 - 5
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $176,016Cash pay $79,207Medicare pays (avg) $36,648 - 6
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $177,622Cash pay $71,049 - 7
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $192,820Cash pay $96,410 - 8
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545Medicare pays (avg) $36,580 - 9
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 10
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 11
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 12
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 13
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 14
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 15
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $213,090Cash pay $106,545 - 16
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $238,558Cash pay $95,423 - 17
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $262,871Cash pay $105,148 - 18
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 19
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289Medicare pays (avg) $37,574 - 20
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 21
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 22
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center
North Wilkesboro, NC
Gross charge — - 23
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 24
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,828 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 27
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 28
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 29
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 30
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 31
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 32
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 33
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 34
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $93,289 - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
17 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for major heart & vessel surgery (DRG 270). Prices range from $156,207 to $262,871 — roughly 2×. The cheapest is UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill; the most expensive is Wilson Medical Center in Wilson. The state average sits at $200,124.
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 heart & vessel surgery 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 heart & vessel surgery 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 heart & vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 270 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.