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Level 1 Nerve Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $1,774 per procedure at 1,588 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $1,658 and $1,852.

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $1,774
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $1,658–$1,852
Medicare’s share: $1,40779% of the payment
Average billed charge: $12,341
Hospitals reporting: 1,588126,874 procedures

Hospitals in North Carolina

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Average payment across these 51 hospitals: $1,694National $1,774 · North Carolina $1,695
Median hospital: $1,698
Lowest to highest: $1,351–$1,889
Medicare procedures: 3,679

51 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Nerve Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
UNC HospitalsChapel Hill, NC · CCN 340061	153	$1,351	24% below the national average	$1,075	$8,188
Moses H. Cone The Memorial HospitalGreensboro, NC · CCN 340091	30	$1,605	About average	$1,260	$8,003
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · CCN 340064	24	$1,625	About average	$1,275	$13,654
Vidant Edgecombe HospitalTarboro, NC · CCN 340107	25	$1,627	About average	$1,285	$9,287
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · CCN 340129	29	$1,640	About average	$1,287	$13,848
UNC Health NashRocky Mount, NC · CCN 340147	41	$1,641	About average	$1,289	$11,383
Haywood Regional Medical CenterClyde, NC · CCN 340184	47	$1,652	About average	$1,302	$12,762
Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, IncMorganton, NC · CCN 340075	84	$1,654	About average	$1,309	$23,619
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	18	$1,660	About average	$1,307	$13,065
Stanly Regional Medical CenterAlbemarle, NC · CCN 340119	56	$1,661	About average	$1,301	$22,660
Ecu Health Medical CenterGreenville, NC · CCN 340040	153	$1,664	About average	$1,321	$5,031
Memorial Mission Hospital And Asheville Surgery CeAsheville, NC · CCN 340002	172	$1,665	About average	$1,321	$8,601
Pardee Hospital Henderson CountyHendersonville, NC · CCN 340017	192	$1,673	About average	$1,329	$10,301
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340190	20	$1,676	About average	$1,321	$7,986
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114	67	$1,676	About average	$1,322	$11,744
Carolinas Medical Center/Behavioral HealthCharlotte, NC · CCN 340113	73	$1,678	About average	$1,319	$28,971
AdventHealth HendersonvilleHendersonville, NC · CCN 340023	28	$1,680	About average	$1,339	$7,455
Caldwell Memorial HospitalLenoir, NC · CCN 340041	30	$1,680	About average	$1,339	$11,283
Cape Fear Valley Hoke HospitalRaeford, NC · CCN 340188	18	$1,680	About average	$1,339	$4,221
Northern Regional HospitalMount Airy, NC · CCN 340003	17	$1,680	About average	$1,339	$5,612
Harris Regional HospitalSylva, NC · CCN 340016	90	$1,680	About average	$1,337	$17,250
Frye Regional Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340116	45	$1,687	About average	$1,323	$20,125
Ecu Health North HospitalRoanoke Rapids, NC · CCN 340151	13	$1,689	About average	$1,323	$10,070
Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC · CCN 340032	57	$1,690	About average	$1,334	$11,934
FirstHealth Moore Regional HospitalPinehurst, NC · CCN 340115	79	$1,695	About average	$1,340	$6,592
Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC · CCN 340098	170	$1,698	About average	$1,352	$24,184
Atrium Health ClevelandShelby, NC · CCN 340021	46	$1,698	About average	$1,345	$24,176
Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC · CCN 340130	82	$1,704	About average	$1,349	$22,676
North Carolina Specialty HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340049	43	$1,709	About average	$1,355	$8,679
Duke Health Raleigh HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340073	48	$1,709	About average	$1,356	$10,662
Alamance Regional Medical CenterBurlington, NC · CCN 340070	29	$1,715	About average	$1,353	$9,795
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	148	$1,716	About average	$1,364	$6,532
Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC · CCN 340166	79	$1,717	About average	$1,364	$24,152
Novant Health Thomasville Medical CenterThomasville, NC · CCN 340085	38	$1,723	About average	$1,365	$6,753
Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC · CCN 340001	145	$1,723	About average	$1,364	$10,676
Rutherford Regional Medical CenterRutherfordton, NC · CCN 340013	21	$1,731	About average	$1,365	$13,613
Duke University HospitalDurham, NC · CCN 340030	174	$1,734	About average	$1,377	$10,046
Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC · CCN 340145	48	$1,735	About average	$1,382	$21,754
Novant Health Rowan Medical CenterSalisbury, NC · CCN 340015	55	$1,735	About average	$1,382	$8,751
Iredell Memorial Hospital IncStatesville, NC · CCN 340039	23	$1,735	About average	$1,376	$18,166
Novant Health Forsyth Medical CenterWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340014	306	$1,737	About average	$1,379	$4,446
WakeMed, Raleigh CampusRaleigh, NC · CCN 340069	39	$1,739	About average	$1,371	$16,113
North Carolina Baptist HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340047	303	$1,752	About average	$1,392	$8,864
Lexington Memorial Hospital IncLexington, NC · CCN 340096	53	$1,760	About average	$1,402	$9,491
Novant Health Medical Park HospitalWinston-Salem, NC · CCN 340148	13	$1,760	About average	$1,402	$6,576
Carolina East Medical CenterNew Bern, NC · CCN 340131	66	$1,778	About average	$1,411	$8,907
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	86	$1,779	About average	$1,417	$9,792
Sentara Albemarle Medical CenterElizabeth City, NC · CCN 340109	11	$1,799	About average	$1,434	$15,933
Watauga Medical CenterBoone, NC · CCN 340051	27	$1,799	About average	$1,434	$11,992
Onslow Memorial HospitalJacksonville, NC · CCN 340042	25	$1,800	About average	$1,425	$11,050

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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2020: 140,451 procedures at 1,754 hospitals · 2021: 155,235 procedures at 1,800 hospitals · 2022: 150,490 procedures at 1,779 hospitals · 2023: 128,117 procedures at 1,694 hospitals · 2024: 126,874 procedures at 1,588 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Nerve Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$1,652	$10K
2021	$1,703	$10K
2022	$1,728	$11K
2023	$1,711	$12K
2024	$1,774	$12K

By state, 2024

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

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Average payment by state for Level 1 Nerve Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	6	693	$946	$812–$1,044
Mississippi	15	973	$1,461	$1,551–$1,652
Tennessee	27	1,886	$1,497	$1,592–$1,658
Alabama	22	1,825	$1,568	$1,557–$1,650
West Virginia	20	2,466	$1,580	$1,585–$1,674
South Carolina	28	2,158	$1,581	$1,618–$1,666
Louisiana	30	3,223	$1,602	$1,604–$1,635
Ohio	103	7,504	$1,609	$1,633–$1,684
Oklahoma	34	4,247	$1,641	$1,628–$1,664
Nebraska	13	1,187	$1,652	$1,664–$1,753
Iowa	23	1,512	$1,654	$1,639–$1,747
Arkansas	25	2,752	$1,661	$1,612–$1,737
Kansas	30	2,656	$1,662	$1,645–$1,737
Kentucky	34	1,800	$1,663	$1,631–$1,706
Missouri	48	5,672	$1,664	$1,654–$1,739
Michigan	61	3,440	$1,680	$1,649–$1,757
Georgia	47	1,867	$1,682	$1,640–$1,784
Texas	129	10,336	$1,685	$1,668–$1,743
Virginia	43	3,266	$1,694	$1,651–$1,780
North Carolina	52	3,699	$1,695	$1,675–$1,735
Idaho	13	1,564	$1,715	$1,720–$1,826
Pennsylvania	88	6,968	$1,718	$1,722–$1,837
Utah	17	1,339	$1,721	$1,717–$1,730
Florida	61	4,045	$1,725	$1,721–$1,749
Indiana	46	2,915	$1,727	$1,715–$1,758
Maine	12	917	$1,754	$1,657–$1,789
Wisconsin	53	4,495	$1,761	$1,730–$1,802
New Hampshire	10	953	$1,768	$1,818–$1,884
New Mexico	13	1,039	$1,778	$1,681–$1,801
Illinois	71	5,306	$1,808	$1,781–$1,833
South Dakota	13	2,403	$1,821	$1,800–$1,915
North Dakota	6	835	$1,825	$1,810–$1,891
Montana	9	743	$1,832	$1,810–$1,926
Colorado	22	1,287	$1,845	$1,838–$1,843
Wyoming	5	317	$1,859	$1,914–$1,939
Arizona	24	2,090	$1,888	$1,868–$1,913
Minnesota	29	2,657	$1,896	$1,816–$1,925
Delaware	5	206	$1,923	$1,937–$1,937
Rhode Island	5	316	$1,932	$1,918–$1,959
District of Columbia	5	148	$1,965	$1,976–$1,976
Washington	31	2,494	$1,979	$1,938–$2,039
New Jersey	32	1,940	$2,031	$1,969–$2,079
New York	69	5,029	$2,051	$2,018–$2,175
Nevada	6	269	$2,064	$2,058–$2,068
Oregon	18	650	$2,066	$1,940–$2,089
Massachusetts	48	5,722	$2,067	$2,054–$2,074
Alaska	3	140	$2,101	$2,031–$2,128
Connecticut	13	413	$2,143	$2,150–$2,174
Hawaii	5	135	$2,246	$2,221–$2,378
California	66	6,377	$2,395	$2,374–$2,542

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. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. 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 Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.