Traumatic Coma Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
A head injury causing a loss of consciousness lasting more than an hour. The stay involves close monitoring of brain function and supportive care while the patient recovers.
State average
$28,138
gross charge · DRG 084
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$4,377 – $33,083
low to high
Data notes for North Carolina
- The lowest published charge ($4,377 at Randolph Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $4,377 - 2
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $24,675Cash pay $14,805 - 3
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $24,675Cash pay $14,805 - 4
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $24,982Cash pay $12,491 - 5
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $25,243Cash pay $10,097 - 6
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $26,300Cash pay $7,101 - 7
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $26,300Cash pay $7,101 - 8
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $28,991Cash pay $13,046 - 9
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 10
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 11
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 12
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 13
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 14
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 15
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 16
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $33,083Cash pay $16,541 - 17
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 18
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 19
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,685 - 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) $7,192 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 26
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 27
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 28
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 29
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 30
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 31
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 32
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 33
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,176 - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
16 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for traumatic coma (DRG 084). Prices range from $4,377 to $33,083 — roughly $28,706 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center in Charlotte. The state average sits at $28,138.
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 traumatic coma 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 traumatic coma 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 traumatic coma in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 084 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.