US Health Care Costs

Bronchitis and Asthma with Cc/Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 202: Bronchitis and asthma with cc/mcc

$35,437typical hospital bill
$7,818typical amount paid
$6,716–$9,080range paid across 7 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $35,437 for this stay in 2024, about 4.5 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris14$35,805$6,716
St Francis-DowntownGreenville16$30,740$6,985
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia15$38,036$7,383
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort15$24,516$7,818
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg15$29,767$8,749
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence24$35,437$9,070
Anmed HealthAnderson15$51,030$9,080

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.