US Health Care Costs

McLeod Health Clarendon

10 East Hospital Street, Manning, SC 29102 · (803) 435-8463

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$16what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$15.7Mnet income, all sources
17.4%margin on patient care alone
$2.7Mcost of charity care (5.5% of costs)
$9.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
49beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

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
Heart failure, with major complications 29150$33,716$12,825
Sepsis, with major complications 87133$65,496$19,138
Lung infection, with major complications 17722$54,336$16,397
Pneumonia, with major complications 19320$41,249$13,979
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64117$25,774$9,292
Urinary tract infection 69016$33,870$9,923
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37813$41,771$10,414
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68913$35,755$13,558
Stomach and digestive disorders 39212$29,094$10,492
Kidney failure, with complications 68312$34,374$10,773
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".