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Cash prices North Carolina Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in North Carolina without insurance

Of 61 hospitals in North Carolina we can compare, Northern Regional Hospital (Mount Airy) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 60% below the North Carolina median across 334 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all North Carolina hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical priceBelow medianAbove median
1. Northern Regional Hospital Mount Airy 60% below 320 of 334 13 of 334
2. Iredell Memorial Hospital Statesville 60% below 294 of 323 26 of 323
3. Duke Regional Hospital Durham 52% below 355 of 383 13 of 383
4. Duke University Hospital Durham 49% below 393 of 435 21 of 435
5. Duke Health Raleigh Hospital Raleigh 49% below 393 of 435 21 of 435
6. Alleghany County Memorial Hospital Sparta 37% below 226 of 308 77 of 308
7. Randolph Health Asheboro 35% below 246 of 304 53 of 304
8. WakeMed Raleigh Campus Raleigh 35% below 359 of 410 43 of 410
9. WakeMed Cary Hospital Cary 35% below 358 of 410 43 of 410
10. Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City 25% below 281 of 382 97 of 382
11. Wilkes Regional Medical Center North Wilkesboro 23% below 274 of 331 50 of 331
12. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Elkin 20% below 259 of 334 69 of 334
13. Harris Regional Hospital Sylva 17% below 272 of 431 150 of 431
14. ECU Health Bertie Hospital Windsor 14% below 206 of 349 135 of 349
15. North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem 12% below 278 of 419 126 of 419
16. Lexington Medical Center Lexington 11% below 238 of 357 106 of 357
17. High Point Regional Health High Point 8% below 205 of 339 126 of 339
18. North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run 7% below 253 of 422 150 of 422
19. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center Fayetteville 7% below 267 of 464 124 of 464
20. Betsy Johnson Hospital Dunn 7% below 263 of 462 123 of 462
21. Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital Raeford 5% below 232 of 429 124 of 429
22. Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital Fayetteville 4% below 222 of 413 121 of 413
23. Scotland Memorial Hospital and Edwin Morgan Center Laurinburg 4% below 206 of 352 137 of 352
24. Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville 4% below 174 of 329 151 of 329
25. Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown 3% below 227 of 425 125 of 425
26. Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
27. Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
28. Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
29. Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
30. Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
31. Atrium Health Union Monroe at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
32. Atrium Health University City Charlotte at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
33. Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
34. Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
35. Stanly Regional Medical Center Albermarle at median 111 of 435 198 of 435
36. ECU Health Duplin Hospital Kenansville 2% above 156 of 335 171 of 335
37. Rutherford Regional Medical Center Rutherfordton 2% above 168 of 375 203 of 375
38. Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Murphy 3% above 166 of 356 185 of 356
39. ECU Health North Hospital Roanoke Rapids 4% above 155 of 344 179 of 344
40. ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital Tarboro 6% above 155 of 363 199 of 363
41. The Outer Banks Hospital Nags Head 9% above 148 of 341 186 of 341
42. ECU Health Chowan Hospital Edenton 9% above 154 of 360 199 of 360
43. Sampson Regional Medical Center Clinton 11% above 109 of 306 195 of 306
44. Columbus Regional Healthcare System Whiteville 11% above 135 of 365 223 of 365
45. East Carolina Health Ahoskie 12% above 154 of 362 202 of 362
46. Wilson Medical Center Wilson 15% above 132 of 388 252 of 388
47. ECU Health Beaufort Hospital Washington 15% above 166 of 409 234 of 409
48. ECU Health Medical Center Greenville 15% above 166 of 409 234 of 409
49. Frye Regional Medical Center Hickory 33% above 64 of 358 284 of 358
50. Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro 47% above 70 of 344 270 of 344
51. AdventHealth Polk Columbus 69% above 19 of 344 321 of 344
52. AdventHealth Hendersonville Hendersonville 85% above 32 of 377 345 of 377
53. CaroMont Regional Medical Center - Gastonia Gastonia 101% above 13 of 405 378 of 405
54. Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly 101% above 13 of 405 378 of 405
55. Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont 101% above 13 of 405 378 of 405
56. Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Highlands 140% above 19 of 199 180 of 199
57. Mission Hospital McDowell Marion 154% above 8 of 202 194 of 202
58. Blue Ridge Regional Hospital Spruce Pine 156% above 13 of 200 187 of 200
59. Angel Medical Center Franklin 156% above 10 of 202 192 of 202
60. Transylvania Regional Hospital Brevard 160% above 5 of 67 62 of 67
61. Mission Hospital Asheville 160% above 18 of 243 224 of 243
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: Central Carolina Hospital (Sanford) — its price file lists no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

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How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all North Carolina hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.