US Health Care Costs

Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 432: Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with mcc

$82,477typical hospital bill
$17,581typical amount paid
$13,949–$29,105range paid across 9 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $82,477 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence16$89,877$13,949
Trident Medical CenterCharleston22$172,301$15,516
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach18$167,893$16,073
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia22$68,552$16,842
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence14$59,656$17,581
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville17$83,975$17,649
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg21$46,387$18,856
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood12$46,290$20,454
Musc Medical CenterCharleston24$82,477$29,105

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.