Pacemaker Implant Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a small device under the skin of the chest that keeps the heartbeat from becoming too slow. The stay includes the implant procedure, heart rhythm monitoring, and a device check before discharge.
State average
$88,441
gross charge · DRG 243
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$69,283 – $110,421
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $69,283Cash pay $34,641 - 2
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $69,817Cash pay $41,890Medicare pays (avg) $21,768 - 3
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $69,817Cash pay $41,890Medicare pays (avg) $14,427 - 4
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $78,224Cash pay $35,201Medicare pays (avg) $17,145 - 5
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787Medicare pays (avg) $15,457 - 6
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 7
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 8
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 9
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 10
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 11
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 12
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $89,575Cash pay $44,787 - 13
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $99,690Cash pay $39,876 - 14
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $99,723Cash pay $26,925 - 15
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $101,480Cash pay $27,400Medicare pays (avg) $19,546 - 16
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $110,421Cash pay $44,168Medicare pays (avg) $13,986 - 17
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,401 - 18
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393Medicare pays (avg) $16,460 - 19
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,149 - 20
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 21
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 22
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,437 - 23Gross charge —
- 24
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 25
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 26
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 27
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 28
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 29
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,063 - 30
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 31
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 32
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,393 - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 35
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,051
16 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for pacemaker implant (DRG 243). Prices range from $69,283 to $110,421 — roughly $41,139 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 $88,441.
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 243 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.