US Health Care Costs

Gastrointestinal Obstruction Without Cc/Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 390: Gastrointestinal obstruction without cc/mcc

$20,221typical hospital bill
$5,141typical amount paid
$3,865–$8,214range paid across 14 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $20,221 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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$18,251$3,865
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris19$25,560$4,149
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort13$15,843$4,513
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston11$20,124$5,019
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet15$16,846$5,072
Trident Medical CenterCharleston11$64,097$5,089
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia34$20,432$5,140
St Francis-DowntownGreenville13$24,265$5,142
Conway Medical CenterConway15$20,026$5,592
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg28$20,342$5,876
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach34$39,550$5,937
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville11$20,317$7,261
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood13$19,768$7,727
Musc Medical CenterCharleston18$15,705$8,214

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.