Heart procedure through a catheter (e.g. ablation, valve clip) in South Carolina

MS-DRG 274: Percutaneous and other intracardiac procedures without mcc

$142,769typical hospital bill

$24,937typical amount paid

$19,904–$33,983range paid across 16 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $142,769 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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
Piedmont Medical Center	Rock Hill	64	$245,948	$19,904
Roper Hospital	Charleston	185	$102,506	$20,543
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown	Columbia	130	$134,824	$22,442
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	137	$97,627	$22,491
St Francis-Downtown	Greenville	73	$265,130	$22,499
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	145	$103,590	$22,812
Aiken Regional Medical Center	Aiken	30	$188,101	$23,585
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	186	$322,759	$24,100
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	158	$319,986	$25,775
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	111	$96,040	$27,141
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center	Hilton Head Island	25	$201,441	$28,842
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	130	$114,356	$28,958
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	135	$112,214	$30,178
Self Regional Healthcare	Greenwood	86	$150,715	$31,656
Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	72	$131,053	$32,011
Anmed Health	Anderson	181	$336,930	$33,983

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.