Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center

800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC 29720 · (803) 286-1481

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$10what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$31.4Mnet income, all sources

−0.2%margin on patient care alone

$7.8Mcost of charity care (5.5% of costs)

$12.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

103beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	83	$109,964	$17,805
Heart failure, with major complications 291	52	$102,575	$13,653
Kidney Transplant 652	48	$388,479	$24,930
Lung infection, with major complications 177	27	$95,117	$15,846
Heart attack, with major complications 280	25	$90,489	$14,547
Respiratory failure 189	24	$70,023	$11,712
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Mcc 070	20	$109,409	$17,553
COPD, with major complications 190	19	$66,137	$10,652
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 378	19	$86,929	$9,757
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	19	$76,833	$8,879
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	19	$158,150	$15,445
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	19	$120,505	$11,914
Stroke, with complications or clot-busting drug 065	18	$69,345	$9,938
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	18	$96,580	$13,498
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	18	$58,729	$7,457
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	18	$88,961	$14,157
Urinary tract infection 690	18	$59,108	$8,919
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 853	18	$255,065	$43,148
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 377	17	$119,623	$17,283
Kidney failure, with complications 683	15	$64,895	$9,885
Irregular heartbeat 310	14	$39,601	$6,114
Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Mcc 650	14	$430,344	$33,792
Anemia and blood disorders, with major complications 811	14	$85,965	$12,902
Sepsis 872	14	$85,084	$10,137
Fainting 312	13	$69,381	$8,407
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	13	$53,934	$8,235
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Cc 071	11	$67,820	$10,169
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 522	11	$148,860	$17,990
Diabetes, with complications 638	11	$79,812	$10,004

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