US Health Care Costs

Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital

741 South East Main Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681 · (864) 454-6100

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

The money

$18what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$19.8Mnet income, all sources
28.8%margin on patient care alone
$4.5Mcost of charity care (4.8% of costs)
$13.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
43beds

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
Sepsis, with major complications 87196$42,728$10,979
Heart failure, with major complications 29159$34,819$7,839
Urinary tract infection 69026$24,922$6,025
Stomach and digestive disorders 39221$23,478$5,294
Sepsis 87221$28,962$6,770
Lung infection, with major complications 17720$40,309$8,967
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64017$30,087$9,242
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68916$23,715$6,794
Respiratory failure 18914$41,250$7,792
Kidney failure, with major complications 68214$41,815$9,338
Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications 69814$37,656$9,629
Pneumonia, with major complications 19312$41,178$11,427
Hernia Procedures Except Inguinal and Femoral Without Cc/Mcc 35512$47,703$11,035
COPD, with major complications 19011$28,279$6,733
Bowel obstruction, with complications 38911$24,849$5,049
Kidney failure, with complications 68311$22,634$6,315
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".