US Health Care Costs

Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 438: Disorders of pancreas except malignancy with mcc

$56,982typical hospital bill
$15,011typical amount paid
$12,055–$23,064range paid across 4 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,982 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia17$44,160$12,055
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence15$50,781$12,680
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville14$63,183$17,342
Musc Medical CenterCharleston24$75,099$23,064

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.