US Health Care Costs

Complicated Peptic Ulcer with Cc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 381: Complicated peptic ulcer with cc

$43,019average hospital bill
$8,154average amount paid

One South Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $43,019, about 5.3 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia17$43,019$8,154

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.