Substance Use Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
State average
$35,799
gross charge · DRG 896
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$5,639 – $91,606
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $5,639 - 2
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $21,655Cash pay $5,847 - 3
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $24,641Cash pay $17,249 - 4
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 5
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 6
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 7
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 8
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 9
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 10
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 11
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $25,617Cash pay $12,809 - 12
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $26,536Cash pay $10,615 - 13
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $32,343Cash pay $19,406 - 14
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $32,343Cash pay $19,406 - 15
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $35,780Cash pay $9,661 - 16
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $36,810Cash pay $14,724 - 17
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $43,419Cash pay $17,367 - 18
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $45,188Cash pay $22,594 - 19
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $46,538Cash pay $18,615 - 20
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $53,659Cash pay $24,147Medicare pays (avg) $12,895 - 21
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $56,660Cash pay $22,664 - 22
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $65,622Cash pay $26,249 - 23
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $91,606Cash pay $36,642 - 24
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 25
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 26
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge — - 27
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 28
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 32
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 33
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 34
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 35
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
Mooresville, NC
Gross charge — - 36
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 37
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 38
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 39
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 40
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $30,275 - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge — - 43
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —
23 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for substance use (DRG 896). Prices range from $5,639 to $91,606 — roughly $85,967 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $35,799.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.