Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 056: Degenerative nervous system disorders with mcc

$83,860typical hospital bill

$18,050typical amount paid

$15,522–$34,445range paid across 8 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $83,860 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	22	$89,672	$15,522
St Francis-Downtown	Greenville	15	$51,870	$15,928
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	18	$194,597	$17,446
Prisma Health Baptist	Columbia	11	$35,601	$17,792
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	19	$65,871	$18,307
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	19	$147,541	$19,028
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	39	$78,049	$21,188
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	18	$112,774	$34,445

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.