Office visit, new patient (level 5) cost in North Carolina

Prices at 48 hospitals in North Carolina, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $296 — 7% below the US median ($318), roughly 1.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc Bryson City, NC $91 — — 81 min —
Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro, NC $107 — ★ 3/5 192 min —
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin, NC $120 $150 ★ 3/5 168 min —
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC $152 $216 ★ 4/5 204 min —
Wakemed, Cary Hospital Cary, NC $152 $204 ★ 5/5 196 min —
Alamance Regional Medical Center Burlington, NC $175 $104 ★ 3/5 228 min —
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, The Greensboro, NC $175 $104 ★ 3/5 224 min —
Maria Parham Medical Center Henderson, NC $202 — ★ 2/5 168 min —
Pender Memorial Hospital Burgaw, NC $207 $191 — — —
Harris Regional Hospital Sylva, NC $211 — ★ 3/5 174 min —
Haywood Regional Medical Center Clyde, NC $211 — ★ 3/5 193 min —
Chatham Hospital Inc Siler City, NC $223 $123 ★ 4/5 222 min —
UNC Lenoir Health Care Kinston, NC $235 $147 ★ 4/5 194 min —
Pardee Hospital Henderson County Hendersonville, NC $263 $121 ★ 5/5 158 min —
Rutherford Regional Medical Center Rutherfordton, NC $280 — ★ 2/5 144 min —
UNC Rockingham Eden, NC $295 $144 ★ 4/5 187 min —
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NC $296 $157 ★ 2/5 216 min —
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital Dunn, NC $296 $157 ★ 3/5 210 min —
Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC $296 $157 ★ 4/5 205 min —
Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC $296 $187 — 193 min —
Washington County Hosp Inc Plymouth, NC $299 — — — —
Southeastern Regional Medical Center Lumberton, NC $308 $131 ★ 2/5 248 min —
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Charlotte, NC $324 $428 ★ 5/5 162 min —
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Supply, NC $333 $414 ★ 4/5 181 min —
Wilson Medical Center Wilson, NC $335 — ★ 1/5 191 min —

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$528
Cash / self-pay
$296
Insurer-negotiated
$212
Medicare pays
$237
$152$606
Median cash $296  ·  Medicare $237  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $296 — about 1.2× the Medicare rate ($237). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($474).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $528 list price could save about $233 (44%).

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