Office visit (new patient) cost in North Carolina

Prices at 51 hospitals in North Carolina, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $244 — 3% below the US median ($251), roughly 1.4× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Dlp Swain County Hospital Llc Bryson City, NC $91 — — 81 min —
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin, NC $106 $88 ★ 3/5 168 min —
Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro, NC $107 — ★ 3/5 192 min —
Alamance Regional Medical Center Burlington, NC $120 $81 ★ 3/5 228 min —
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, The Greensboro, NC $120 $88 ★ 3/5 224 min —
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus Raleigh, NC $133 $199 ★ 4/5 204 min —
Wakemed, Cary Hospital Cary, NC $133 $183 ★ 5/5 196 min —
Pender Memorial Hospital Burgaw, NC $149 $174 — — —
Chatham Hospital Inc Siler City, NC $176 $92 ★ 4/5 222 min —
Harris Regional Hospital Sylva, NC $178 — ★ 3/5 174 min —
Haywood Regional Medical Center Clyde, NC $178 — ★ 3/5 193 min —
Pardee Hospital Henderson County Hendersonville, NC $179 $121 ★ 5/5 158 min —
UNC Lenoir Health Care Kinston, NC $188 $132 ★ 4/5 194 min —
Maria Parham Medical Center Henderson, NC $208 — ★ 2/5 168 min —
Wilson Medical Center Wilson, NC $215 — ★ 1/5 191 min —
Caldwell Memorial Hospital Lenoir, NC $238 $121 ★ 3/5 205 min —
Rutherford Regional Medical Center Rutherfordton, NC $241 — ★ 2/5 144 min —
UNC Rockingham Eden, NC $243 $121 ★ 4/5 187 min —
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville, NC $244 $115 ★ 2/5 216 min —
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital Dunn, NC $244 $113 ★ 3/5 210 min —
Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital Raeford, NC $244 $115 ★ 4/5 205 min —
Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC $244 $561 — 193 min —
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center Charlotte, NC $263 $315 ★ 5/5 162 min —
Duke University Hospital Durham, NC $264 $162 ★ 5/5 317 min —
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC $264 $141 ★ 1/5 190 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)
$445
Cash / self-pay
$244
Insurer-negotiated
$167
Medicare pays
$177
$120$484
Median cash $244  ·  Medicare $177  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $244 — about 1.4× the Medicare rate ($177). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($355).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $445 list price could save about $201 (45%).

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