Patient Registration

Day Surgery at WakeMed Cary Hospital

Pre-registration 

A few days before your surgery, a Patient Account Representative from Patient Registration may call you to obtain pre-registration information.  Our Patient Account Representative will ask you for both personal and financial information. 

Please have all of your information available, including policy numbers and claims addresses for health insurance coverage.  Depending on your insurance coverage, you may be asked for a deposit.  A nurse may also call you a week before surgery to discuss your medical history and plan of care.

Day of Your Surgery - On Arrival at WakeMed Cary Hospital

Parking is free for patients and visitors and available in the surface lot in front of the hospital.  Enter the hospital at the Main Entrance and go to the Information Desk.

Please be sure to take your driver's license and all medical insurance cards with you.  After verifying that all of your insurance and demographic information is correct, an armband will be placed on your wrist.  You will then be sent to the Day Surgery Reception Desk.  

If you have a living will or health care power of attorney, please bring a copy for your hospital records.

Types of Day Surgery Patients:

• Outpatients - patients who have their procedure or surgery and go home the same day
• Outpatients to be admitted - patients who come to Day Surgery the same day as their procedure or surgery, and are admitted to a hospital room from the recovery room, or are transferred to an observation room. 

If you have any questions about your procedure or how to comply with instructions, please don't hesitate to ask us, or call 919-350-2437 between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.