Heart Attack Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with complications — discharged alive.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart attack. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and cardiac workup
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring (often in a coronary care unit)
- Diagnostic catheterization and any required stenting
- Inpatient medications and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist, ED physician, and any interventional specialist professional fees
- Ambulance transport
- Outpatient cardiac rehab and follow-up visits after discharge
- Long-term medications (antiplatelets, statins, beta-blockers)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart attack best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Heart-Attack Mortality (30-day)
The single most important quality signal — how often patients survive 30 days after a heart attack at this hospital.
Time to Fibrinolysis (STEMI)
For ST-elevation heart attacks treated with clot-busting drugs, every minute counts. Tracks median minutes from arrival to treatment.
Heart-Attack Readmissions
Reflects discharge planning, medication reconciliation, and outpatient cardiology handoff.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart attack, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Heart-attack admissions aren't shoppable in real time — in an emergency, the hospital that can get a patient to a cath lab fastest is typically the right call regardless of price.
- This page is more useful after discharge to evaluate where care was delivered, or ahead of time for chronic-condition planning.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During an active heart attack: skip this list and call 911 — go to the nearest hospital with a cardiac cath lab.
- After discharge: was every physician who treated me in-network? (ED, cardiologist, interventionalist, hospitalist often bill separately.)
- What outpatient cardiac rehab program is recommended? Is it covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $6,626 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $10,047Cash pay $7,033 - 3
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $20,396Cash pay $8,159 - 4
Person Memorial Hospital
Roxboro, NC
Gross charge $23,870Cash pay $9,548 - 5
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $31,917Cash pay $12,767 - 6
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $35,570Cash pay $14,228 - 7
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 8
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 9
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 10
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 11
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 12
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 13
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 14
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 15
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $36,592Cash pay $18,296 - 16
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $39,466Cash pay $17,760 - 17
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $45,608Cash pay $22,804 - 18
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $47,590Cash pay $19,036 - 19
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $48,438Cash pay $19,375 - 20
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $56,876Cash pay $22,750 - 21
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $69,270Cash pay $27,708 - 22
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 23
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 24
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 25
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 26
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 27
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 28
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 29
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884 - 30
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,884
21 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for heart attack (DRG 281). Prices range from $6,626 to $69,270 — roughly $62,644 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $36,429.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of heart attack. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in North Carolina, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 281 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.