US Health Care Costs

Kershawhealth

1315 Roberts Street, Camden, SC 29020 · (803) 432-4311

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$20what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$3.7Mnet income, all sources
−17.0%margin on patient care alone
$6.1Mcost of charity care (6.0% of costs)
$9.5Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
69beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87182$60,209$13,196
Heart failure, with major complications 29153$33,578$10,200
Kidney failure, with complications 68328$24,058$7,195
Sepsis 87225$37,606$8,053
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38924$35,799$6,776
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$47,361$12,395
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 30923$23,408$6,306
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64123$28,049$6,408
Respiratory failure 18922$45,895$9,470
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 48121$85,144$14,647
Stomach and digestive disorders 39218$30,018$6,538
Kidney failure, with major complications 68215$38,346$10,642
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85315$177,253$43,886
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64014$32,038$9,439
Pneumonia, with major complications 19313$42,642$9,495
Urinary tract infection 69013$33,559$6,694
Fainting 31212$26,781$7,052
COPD, with major complications 19011$36,040$8,677
Irregular heartbeat 31011$18,088$4,981
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$36,853$7,777
Hip or knee replacement 47011$75,425$15,527
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69811$42,879$11,689
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