Inpatient stay · MS-DRG 280

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $14,805 per stay at 1,825 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $11,737 and $15,868.

Also known as: Heart attack

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $14,805
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $11,737–$15,868
Medicare’s share: $12,40084% of the payment
Average billed charge: $76,887
Hospitals reporting: 1,82583,841 stays

Hospitals in North Carolina

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Average payment across these 50 hospitals: $13,815National $14,805 · North Carolina $13,815
Median hospital: $12,647
Lowest to highest: $9,742–$23,477
Medicare stays: 1,812

50 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · CCN 340041	12	$9,742	34% below the national average	$8,926	$29,513
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 340017	14	$10,049	32% below the national average	$9,493	$36,050
WakeMed, Cary HospitalCary, NC · CCN 340173	25	$10,252	31% below the national average	$9,272	$47,192
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · CCN 340119	16	$10,465	29% below the national average	$9,343	$37,597
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · CCN 340023	11	$10,570	29% below the national average	$9,680	$34,247
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	25	$10,666	28% below the national average	$9,818	$85,216
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	15	$10,936	26% below the national average	$9,630	$40,122
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · CCN 340129	22	$11,091	25% below the national average	$10,016	$61,743
Novant Health Matthews Medical CenterMatthews, NC · CCN 340171	21	$11,138	25% below the national average	$9,817	$58,350
Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC · CCN 340183	22	$11,155	25% below the national average	$9,474	$46,660
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · CCN 340015	25	$11,373	23% below the national average	$10,091	$53,802
UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · CCN 340027	41	$11,515	22% below the national average	$10,304	$19,956
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	31	$11,523	22% below the national average	$9,515	$72,022
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340143	11	$11,537	22% below the national average	$10,151	$45,082
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 340039	12	$11,541	22% below the national average	$8,811	$56,874
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114	78	$11,569	22% below the national average	$10,117	$54,079
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · CCN 340151	17	$11,737	21% below the national average	$10,681	$30,444
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	29	$11,846	20% below the national average	$9,851	$54,278
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	22	$12,100	18% below the national average	$9,807	$44,245
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · CCN 340132	13	$12,131	18% below the national average	$11,002	$52,340
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	20	$12,172	18% below the national average	$11,280	$63,568
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · CCN 340075	16	$12,427	16% below the national average	$10,643	$45,752
Scotland Memorial HospitalLaurinburg, NC · CCN 340008	13	$12,513	15% below the national average	$11,383	$49,903
Wilson Medical CenterWilson, NC · CCN 340126	18	$12,627	15% below the national average	$10,447	$64,674
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · CCN 340070	23	$12,634	15% below the national average	$11,279	$47,759
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	266	$12,660	14% below the national average	$10,618	$53,211
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	63	$12,828	13% below the national average	$11,078	$49,132
Duke Regional HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340155	27	$12,828	13% below the national average	$11,376	$36,554
Randolph HospitalAsheboro, NC · CCN 340123	14	$12,918	13% below the national average	$11,128	$79,496
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 340130	45	$12,943	13% below the national average	$10,174	$67,311
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	54	$13,041	12% below the national average	$10,915	$58,821
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 340147	18	$13,069	12% below the national average	$9,490	$39,315
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	28	$13,365	About average	$12,259	$41,424
UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · CCN 340010	40	$13,394	About average	$11,385	$32,800
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · CCN 340109	75	$13,464	About average	$12,168	$35,159
Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC · CCN 340028	68	$13,478	About average	$11,879	$39,025
Carteret General HospitalMorehead City, NC · CCN 340142	24	$13,570	About average	$12,440	$22,937
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	56	$13,667	About average	$12,064	$44,457
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 340069	29	$13,813	About average	$12,307	$45,405
High Point Regional Health SystemHigh Point, NC · CCN 340004	48	$14,198	About average	$9,940	$46,467
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091	54	$14,686	About average	$10,824	$41,557
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	12	$14,839	About average	$13,019	$37,695
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · CCN 340071	17	$15,854	About average	$12,683	$51,958
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040	102	$15,918	About average	$11,347	$51,930
Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC · CCN 340050	29	$17,164	16% above the national average	$13,156	$31,969
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113	25	$17,335	17% above the national average	$12,412	$69,904
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 340032	15	$18,560	25% above the national average	$9,556	$70,340
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	37	$20,928	41% above the national average	$14,779	$56,660
UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · CCN 340061	30	$21,861	48% above the national average	$15,538	$46,018
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047	84	$23,477	59% above the national average	$13,400	$57,593

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.

Average payment
Average billed charge

2020: 74,710 stays at 1,837 hospitals · 2021: 77,477 stays at 1,853 hospitals · 2022: 80,913 stays at 1,872 hospitals · 2023: 83,150 stays at 1,863 hospitals · 2024: 83,841 stays at 1,825 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$13K	$63K
2021	$14K	$67K
2022	$14K	$69K
2023	$14K	$74K
2024	$15K	$77K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with MCC, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	223	$10,677	$8,295–$11,837
Mississippi	19	607	$11,096	$10,658–$11,701
Arkansas	23	934	$11,254	$10,581–$11,774
Kentucky	30	1,220	$11,823	$10,476–$12,637
Iowa	21	947	$11,845	$10,886–$12,125
Louisiana	29	1,174	$11,909	$10,774–$13,174
Oklahoma	27	1,186	$12,222	$11,180–$12,419
Alabama	29	1,185	$12,384	$10,443–$12,200
Montana	6	185	$12,484	$11,967–$12,655
West Virginia	18	919	$12,519	$10,825–$13,027
South Carolina	27	1,323	$12,628	$10,908–$13,820
Tennessee	41	2,320	$12,650	$10,919–$12,665
Indiana	41	1,786	$12,686	$11,775–$13,093
Kansas	19	801	$12,710	$10,931–$13,038
Florida	140	8,319	$12,774	$11,260–$13,764
Nebraska	16	452	$12,777	$10,651–$14,024
Missouri	41	1,092	$13,016	$11,190–$14,581
Ohio	70	2,599	$13,133	$11,009–$13,682
South Dakota	6	331	$13,158	$11,597–$13,717
Virginia	49	3,225	$13,210	$11,590–$13,204
Texas	141	6,587	$13,454	$11,788–$14,097
North Dakota	6	559	$13,476	$12,736–$13,830
Idaho	9	362	$13,508	$12,623–$14,757
Colorado	24	525	$13,568	$12,178–$14,634
New Mexico	10	371	$13,638	$11,542–$15,242
North Carolina	50	1,812	$13,815	$11,526–$13,643
Delaware	5	228	$13,857	$12,165–$14,826
Pennsylvania	76	2,244	$13,951	$11,385–$14,725
Michigan	53	3,161	$13,959	$13,176–$14,612
Arizona	39	1,491	$13,959	$12,049–$15,220
Georgia	56	2,479	$13,981	$12,137–$15,687
Wisconsin	36	1,191	$14,175	$11,373–$14,045
Utah	9	272	$14,252	$11,284–$15,651
Minnesota	19	934	$14,460	$12,800–$14,972
Washington	38	2,082	$14,497	$13,522–$14,904
Maine	6	427	$14,641	$12,953–$15,983
Illinois	85	3,591	$14,681	$11,841–$15,103
Nevada	16	868	$14,757	$13,834–$16,087
New Hampshire	12	584	$14,941	$11,972–$14,354
New Jersey	53	2,761	$15,279	$12,687–$17,965
Oregon	24	1,062	$15,998	$13,562–$16,711
Massachusetts	42	2,859	$16,102	$12,706–$17,619
Wyoming	3	85	$17,079	$16,367–$17,895
Rhode Island	7	304	$17,333	$13,538–$18,221
Connecticut	18	764	$18,222	$14,518–$17,244
Hawaii	8	342	$18,428	$17,208–$19,177
California	185	8,077	$19,115	$15,831–$19,502
Alaska	6	170	$19,352	$18,428–$23,430
District of Columbia	5	322	$20,409	$19,725–$22,517
New York	89	4,786	$21,304	$14,482–$23,261
Maryland	38	1,713	$21,676	$14,797–$24,258

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.