US Health Care Costs

Endocrine Disorders with Cc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 644: Endocrine disorders with cc

$45,335typical hospital bill
$8,461typical amount paid
$7,082–$17,529range paid across 8 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $45,335 for this stay in 2024, about 5.4 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
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris14$31,651$7,082
St Francis-DowntownGreenville11$50,659$7,328
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia15$40,010$7,920
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet12$29,486$8,355
Trident Medical CenterCharleston13$79,399$8,567
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach12$72,145$9,396
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence12$30,546$9,795
Musc Medical CenterCharleston15$52,072$17,529

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.