Respiratory Failure Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$41,209
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
24
with published pricing
Price range
$9,181 – $96,179
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $9,181 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $17,165Cash pay $12,015Medicare pays (avg) $10,828 - 3
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $27,644Cash pay $11,058Medicare pays (avg) $9,022 - 4
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $30,085Cash pay $12,034Medicare pays (avg) $8,566 - 5
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $30,171Cash pay $8,146Medicare pays (avg) $9,779 - 6
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $31,521Cash pay $12,608 - 7
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $32,457Cash pay $12,983Medicare pays (avg) $7,891 - 8
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $8,480 - 9
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887 - 10
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887 - 11
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $8,172 - 12
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $7,567 - 13
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $8,029 - 14
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $7,741 - 15
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,774Cash pay $16,887Medicare pays (avg) $6,191 - 16
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $38,116Cash pay $10,291Medicare pays (avg) $11,252 - 17
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $38,622Cash pay $15,449Medicare pays (avg) $9,233 - 18
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $39,830Cash pay $17,924Medicare pays (avg) $8,701 - 19
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $42,006Cash pay $21,003Medicare pays (avg) $8,661 - 20
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $48,886Cash pay $19,554Medicare pays (avg) $9,051 - 21
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $76,492Cash pay $45,895Medicare pays (avg) $13,896 - 22
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $76,492Cash pay $45,895Medicare pays (avg) $7,647 - 23
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $83,986Cash pay $33,594 - 24
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $96,179Cash pay $38,471Medicare pays (avg) $7,973 - 25
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,783 - 26
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695Medicare pays (avg) $8,931 - 27
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,247 - 28
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 30
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,836 - 31Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,077
- 32
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 33
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 34
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 35
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 36
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 37
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,071 - 38
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 39
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 40
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,695 - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
24 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for respiratory failure (DRG 189). Prices range from $9,181 to $96,179 — roughly $86,997 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $41,209.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.