Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge

400 Palmetto Health Parkway, Columbia, SC 29212 · (803) 907-7011

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

The money

$19what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed

$34.5Mnet income, all sources

27.9%margin on patient care alone

$4.5Mcost of charity care (3.0% of costs)

$21.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)

76beds

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)

Stay	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Sepsis, with major complications 871	134	$53,648	$13,576
Heart failure, with major complications 291	111	$34,480	$9,855
Lung infection, with major complications 177	46	$46,604	$11,445
Stomach and digestive disorders 392	34	$22,914	$6,235
Spinal fusion (lower or mid back) 460	33	$149,706	$29,853
Sepsis 872	32	$30,895	$7,805
Kidney failure, with complications 683	30	$24,012	$8,041
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 640	26	$30,074	$10,055
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 641	26	$24,681	$6,416
Lung infection, with complications 178	24	$32,485	$7,460
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Cc 454	24	$232,732	$52,465
Kidney failure, with major complications 682	23	$34,388	$9,611
Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with complications 481	22	$72,871	$16,718
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 689	22	$25,784	$10,870
Anemia and blood disorders 812	22	$22,396	$6,821
Fainting 312	20	$23,311	$6,739
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion Without Cc/Mcc 455	20	$156,034	$38,892
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Cc 472	19	$111,769	$21,664
Irregular heartbeat, with complications 309	17	$22,918	$5,941
Urinary tract infection 690	17	$28,492	$6,397
Skin infection (cellulitis) 603	15	$21,095	$6,980
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 698	14	$46,884	$16,250
Pneumonia, with major complications 193	12	$50,536	$9,134
Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications 699	12	$22,534	$7,323
Pneumonia, with complications 194	11	$32,337	$6,816

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