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Subscription may be required. "You can get some really good knees and hips for $20,000 at some facilities, but some are charging $40,000," says Elaine Daniels, a contract consultant at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. The insurer offers bundled hip and knee replacements for its members at five hospitals, at prices that are about 20% lower than the local average.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina are partnering on the new Center for Healthcare Innovation, which launches with a pilot program designed to reduce hospital readmissions.

Wake Forest University has received a $3 million gift from Blue Cross Blue Shield to help the school promote well-being at the university, Wake Forest officials said.

Is the practice of charging one inclusive payment for surgical services, sometimes called “bundled payments,” the future of joint replacement surgery? Executives at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the surgeons at Triangle Orthopaedic Associates (TOA) believe that it is.

Many insurers will offer individual policies outside the Obamacare exchanges in 2014. Consumers can avoid the exchanges by buying plans directly from insurers or through brokers.

North Carolina's largest health insurer is telling consumers how much it will charge individuals under terms of the Affordable Care Act.

Barbers may be used to having business just walk through the door, but that's not typically the case for health insurance brokers.

Theresa Pugh stopped at a store near Lord & Taylor after eating at the restaurant a few doors down.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center and Wilmington Health have entered into an accountable care alliance with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. The agreement allows the three organizations to share information regarding best practices, preventive care and cost management.

Bike mechanic Jared Harber pedals as much as 150 miles a week, at no small peril to his safety. Just in the past year and a half, he has wiped out, flipped over and been sideswiped by cars.