US Health Care Costs

Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center

2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 · (843) 881-0100

General hospitalProprietaryEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$14what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$65.2Mnet income, all sources
32.2%margin on patient care alone
$2.8Mcost of charity care (2.0% of costs)
$7.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
120beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024.

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 87159$100,558$11,514
Heart failure, with major complications 29134$62,116$8,126
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 46033$312,162$28,378
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 45531$403,189$39,670
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 45428$459,877$45,782
Back problems (no surgery) 55225$50,279$6,494
Lung infection, with major complications 17723$97,980$9,757
Pneumonia, with major complications 19322$70,900$8,287
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement with Cc 46722$194,552$27,183
Hip or knee replacement 47022$123,583$11,697
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68921$67,922$7,339
Urinary tract infection 69019$50,892$4,481
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc 46817$121,364$16,742
Knee Procedures Without Principal Diagnosis of Infection Without Cc/Mcc 48917$81,314$8,182
Stomach and digestive disorders 39214$48,365$5,108
Hip replacement after a hip fracture 52214$123,333$13,100
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 47213$259,398$22,725
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$77,243$9,256
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$77,046$10,165
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications 37711$102,405$11,817
Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications 37811$71,037$6,758
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$48,124$4,763
Infection needing surgery, with major complications 85311$229,281$30,948
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