US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 919: Complications of treatment with mcc

$64,478typical hospital bill
$18,476typical amount paid
$11,798–$24,024range paid across 4 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $64,478 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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
Roper HospitalCharleston11$41,291$11,798
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg13$64,715$16,797
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville20$80,584$20,154
Musc Medical CenterCharleston28$64,241$24,024

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.