US Health Care Costs

Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 268: Aortic and heart assist procedures except pulsation balloon with mcc

$364,037average hospital bill
$84,312average amount paid

One South Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $364,037, about 4.3 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Musc Medical CenterCharleston19$364,037$84,312

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.