Extensive O.r. Procedures Unrelated to Principal Diagnosis with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 981: Extensive o.r. procedures unrelated to principal diagnosis with mcc

$165,498typical hospital bill

$31,784typical amount paid

$25,927–$67,138range paid across 10 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $165,498 for this stay in 2024, about 5.2 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
Roper Hospital	Charleston	20	$109,263	$25,927
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	13	$369,232	$28,609
St Francis-Downtown	Greenville	12	$160,597	$29,043
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	31	$171,799	$29,910
Piedmont Medical Center	Rock Hill	16	$285,034	$30,265
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	27	$164,629	$33,304
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	21	$143,644	$36,676
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	22	$166,366	$39,214
Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	26	$148,991	$42,799
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	17	$234,061	$67,138

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.