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Medical costs in Durham, NC

3 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Priya Iyengar , Senior Billing Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Priya Iyengar leads the billing code review team at BillRazor Research. She analyzes NCCI bundling edits, DRG coding, and regional rate variation. Expertise: NCCI bundling, DRG analysis, regional pricing.

CMS price transparency
3 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

3

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

0.74x

Top procedures by average charge in DURHAM

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 8532$159,0130.78x4.1x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4552$157,1450.81x4.2x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCCDRG 4603$128,4400.81x4.6x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CCDRG 4932$122,8631.07x6.6x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CCDRG 4672$100,7230.70x3.6x
OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 2522$96,8060.61x3.5x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 4682$90,4710.77x4.2x
MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIESDRG 4832$80,0120.71x5.3x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CCDRG 4812$73,7970.80x4.5x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCCDRG 5222$65,7790.69x3.8x
NONSPECIFIC CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS WITH MCCDRG 0702$64,4210.84x4.6x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCCDRG 0642$64,0980.73x4.3x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CCDRG 3302$61,1650.56x3.6x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITH MCCDRG 2862$59,7030.59x3.4x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITH MCCDRG 8112$57,4720.90x4.1x
OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCCDRG 3932$57,1470.76x4.1x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 8712$54,1570.72x3.5x
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCCDRG 3772$53,5440.68x3.8x
OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCCDRG 3142$53,1280.60x3.2x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALEDRG 1752$52,9890.84x4.5x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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