Bowel surgery, with major complications in South Carolina

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$187,231typical hospital bill

$32,129typical amount paid

$24,688–$323,776range paid across 19 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $187,231 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Roper Hospital	Charleston	35	$101,244	$24,688
Mount Pleasant Hospital	Mount Pleasant	15	$116,662	$28,326
McLeod Loris Hospital	Loris	13	$195,961	$29,141
Musc Health Florence Medical Center	Florence	20	$247,221	$29,389
Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital	Murrells Inlet	11	$112,257	$30,143
Piedmont Medical Center	Rock Hill	11	$278,025	$30,214
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital	Charleston	21	$149,228	$30,388
St Francis-Downtown	Greenville	19	$260,719	$30,758
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown	Columbia	13	$172,452	$32,037
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	31	$383,529	$32,129
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	25	$187,231	$35,218
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	50	$181,862	$36,238
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	36	$518,843	$36,921
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital	Beaufort	13	$108,417	$40,174
Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	35	$174,268	$41,932
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	40	$188,123	$42,875
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital	Seneca	11	$147,840	$45,654
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	60	$218,130	$57,086
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	17	$1,377,632	$323,776

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.