Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
WakeMed, Raleigh Campus charges 5.4x the Medicare reimbursement rate across 147 analyzed procedures, making it a mid-range nonprofit hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina's healthcare market.
Raleigh, NC 27610 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 4/5
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Elena Vasquez leads hospital billing pattern analysis at BillRazor Research. She focuses on identifying overcharges, markup outliers, and patient advocacy strategies. Expertise: hospital billing patterns, overcharge analysis, patient advocacy.
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Pricing grade
D
High
Avg markup vs Medicare
5.44x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
9.6x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
147
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
0%
Above 90th percentile
Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEGENERATIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 057 | $69,645 | $34,822 | — | 9.6x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITHOUT CC/MCC | 282 | $42,078 | $21,039 | — | 8.4x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 322 | $106,384 | $53,192 | — | 8.3x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $101,594 | $50,797 | — | 7.8x |
| TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA >1 HOUR WITH CC | 083 | $77,772 | $38,886 | — | 7.8x |
| AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 269 | $265,700 | $132,850 | — | 7.7x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 027 | $120,305 | $60,153 | — | 7.6x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 244 | $106,536 | $53,268 | — | 7.5x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $87,324 | $43,662 | — | 7.5x |
| EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 039 | $60,775 | $30,387 | — | 7.4x |
| DISORDERS OF THE BILIARY TRACT WITH CC | 445 | $61,409 | $30,704 | — | 7.3x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 460 | $177,581 | $88,791 | — | 7.1x |
| MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 164 | $120,648 | $60,324 | — | 7x |
| HYPERTENSION WITH MCC | 304 | $56,830 | $28,415 | — | 6.9x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O | 246 | $143,834 | $71,917 | — | 6.9x |
| MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITH MCC | 551 | $88,034 | $44,017 | — | 6.9x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $34,520 | $17,260 | — | 6.9x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 267 | $261,449 | $130,724 | — | 6.8x |
| OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 393 | $76,664 | $38,332 | — | 6.8x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 482 | $77,689 | $38,845 | — | 6.8x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 273 | $190,365 | $95,183 | — | 6.8x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 036 | $96,851 | $48,425 | — | 6.7x |
| OTHER CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 229 | $163,428 | $81,714 | — | 6.7x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 455 | $233,848 | $116,924 | — | 6.6x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC | 243 | $117,278 | $58,639 | — | 6.5x |
| CARDIAC VALVE AND OTHER MAJOR CARDIOTHORACIC PROCEDURES WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | 220 | $252,546 | $126,273 | — | 6.5x |
| LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITHOUT CC/MCC | 494 | $83,315 | $41,657 | — | 6.5x |
| TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA <1 HOUR WITH CC | 086 | $64,411 | $32,205 | — | 6.5x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC | 035 | $112,817 | $56,409 | — | 6.5x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 481 | $95,812 | $47,906 | — | 6.5x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 274 | $155,483 | $77,741 | — | 6.5x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH MCC | 242 | $197,849 | $98,924 | — | 6.4x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 330 | $105,382 | $52,691 | — | 6.4x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 025 | $222,678 | $111,339 | — | 6.4x |
| SYNCOPE AND COLLAPSE | 312 | $41,579 | $20,790 | — | 6.3x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 270 | $246,581 | $123,290 | — | 6.3x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 454 | $241,548 | $120,774 | — | 6.3x |
| POSTOPERATIVE OR POST-TRAUMATIC INFECTIONS WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 857 | $93,886 | $46,943 | — | 6.3x |
| MAJOR CHEST TRAUMA WITH CC | 184 | $50,949 | $25,475 | — | 6.3x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 236 | $151,467 | $75,733 | — | 6.2x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 266 | $329,199 | $164,599 | — | 6.1x |
| ISCHEMIC STROKE, PRECEREBRAL OCCLUSION OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITH THROMBOLYTIC AGENT WIT | 062 | $79,100 | $39,550 | — | 6.1x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $46,584 | $23,292 | — | 6.1x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURS | 065 | $45,249 | $22,624 | — | 6x |
| MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 470 | $85,631 | $42,815 | — | 6x |
| LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 493 | $113,290 | $56,645 | — | 6x |
| AMPUTATION FOR CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISORDERS EXCEPT UPPER LIMB AND TOE WITH MCC | 239 | $235,844 | $117,922 | — | 5.9x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC | 379 | $29,854 | $14,927 | — | 5.9x |
| TRAUMATIC STUPOR AND COMA >1 HOUR WITH MCC | 082 | $93,125 | $46,563 | — | 5.9x |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITH MCC OR ACUTE COR PULMONALE | 175 | $53,771 | $26,885 | — | 5.9x |
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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.
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