Pacemaker Implant Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat steady, in patients who also have serious complicating conditions. The stay includes the procedure plus closer monitoring and treatment of those other problems.
State average
$112,773
gross charge · DRG 242
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$71,178 – $148,234
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $71,178Cash pay $35,589 - 2
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $90,788Cash pay $36,315 - 3
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $91,781Cash pay $55,069 - 4
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $91,781Cash pay $55,069Medicare pays (avg) $20,652 - 5
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677Medicare pays (avg) $21,573 - 6
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 7
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 8
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 9
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 10
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 11
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 12
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $117,353Cash pay $58,677 - 13
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $122,627Cash pay $55,182Medicare pays (avg) $27,513 - 14
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $124,575Cash pay $33,635Medicare pays (avg) $28,998 - 15
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $124,575Cash pay $33,635 - 16
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $148,234Cash pay $59,293Medicare pays (avg) $22,021 - 17
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 18
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346Medicare pays (avg) $24,028 - 19
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,254 - 20
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 21
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist | Wilkes Medical Center
North Wilkesboro, NC
Gross charge — - 22
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 23
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,865 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 26
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 27
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 28
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 29
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 30
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 31
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 32
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 33
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $53,346 - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
16 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for pacemaker implant (DRG 242). Prices range from $71,178 to $148,234 — roughly $77,056 apart. The cheapest is Novant Health Rowan Medical Center in Salisbury; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $112,773.
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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant 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 pacemaker implant in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 242 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.