Pneumonia Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
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Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $6,512Medicare pays (avg) $6,773 - 2
Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc
Bryson City, NC
Gross charge $9,214Cash pay $3,686 - 3
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $16,783Cash pay $11,748 - 4
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $19,225Cash pay $5,191Medicare pays (avg) $6,325 - 5
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $21,047Cash pay $5,683Medicare pays (avg) $7,489 - 6
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $26,009Cash pay $10,404Medicare pays (avg) $4,832 - 7
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $27,087Cash pay $16,252Medicare pays (avg) $8,491 - 8
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $27,087Cash pay $16,252Medicare pays (avg) $4,464 - 9
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $28,691Cash pay $11,476 - 10
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $29,656Cash pay $13,345Medicare pays (avg) $5,278 - 11
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138Medicare pays (avg) $5,686 - 12
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138 - 13
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138 - 14
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138Medicare pays (avg) $5,002 - 15
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138Medicare pays (avg) $5,015 - 16
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138Medicare pays (avg) $4,735 - 17
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138 - 18
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $30,275Cash pay $15,138 - 19
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $30,559Cash pay $12,224 - 20
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $34,381Cash pay $17,191Medicare pays (avg) $5,257 - 21
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $35,160Cash pay $14,064 - 22
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $53,243Cash pay $21,297 - 23
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $54,733Cash pay $21,893 - 24
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $57,977Cash pay $23,191Medicare pays (avg) $4,955 - 25
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $64,182Cash pay $25,673 - 26
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,321 - 27
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094Medicare pays (avg) $5,931 - 28
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,472 - 29
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 31
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,411 - 32Gross charge —
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Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 34
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094Medicare pays (avg) $5,867 - 35
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 36
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 37
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 38
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,076 - 39
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 40
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 41
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,094 - 42Gross charge —
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Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
25 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $6,512 to $64,182 — roughly $57,670 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro. The state average sits at $31,350.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.