US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in South Carolina

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$81,731typical hospital bill
$17,583typical amount paid
$12,741–$28,752range paid across 16 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $81,731 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence17$80,882$12,741
Trident Medical CenterCharleston12$110,609$13,602
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter16$54,266$14,394
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia44$103,963$16,023
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence30$79,143$16,350
St Francis-DowntownGreenville14$95,452$16,376
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia15$80,103$16,557
Roper HospitalCharleston23$86,078$17,465
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach20$109,212$17,702
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca14$52,030$18,120
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia12$91,132$18,273
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg26$64,555$19,206
Anmed HealthAnderson18$86,380$20,705
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville38$73,460$21,238
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia56$71,209$21,353
Musc Medical CenterCharleston52$82,580$28,752

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.