US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in South Carolina

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$36,801typical hospital bill
$8,088typical amount paid
$5,977–$12,805range paid across 35 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $36,801 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Pelham Medical CenterGreer13$34,781$5,977
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant30$28,009$6,338
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia60$32,199$6,543
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley12$29,365$6,751
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant11$71,037$6,758
Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence35$59,732$6,888
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill32$65,930$7,199
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter14$28,258$7,430
Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville11$35,947$7,432
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia176$42,915$7,461
St Francis-DowntownGreenville68$44,469$7,477
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet65$28,185$7,509
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston52$33,744$7,776
KershawhealthCamden11$36,853$7,777
Roper HospitalCharleston63$31,984$7,858
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken33$57,443$7,866
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort33$26,509$7,961
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris67$37,022$8,088
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown14$25,144$8,184
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca26$27,296$8,318
Trident Medical CenterCharleston31$84,047$8,394
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence127$46,678$8,478
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia46$24,035$8,494
Conway Medical CenterConway32$34,893$8,798
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg102$37,286$9,034
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island35$54,381$9,328
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach53$74,819$9,557
Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster19$86,929$9,757
Anmed HealthAnderson56$56,281$10,185
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood42$28,692$10,209
McLeod Health ClarendonManning13$41,771$10,414
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville87$32,056$10,581
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia29$37,368$10,637
Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg41$36,801$10,702
Musc Medical CenterCharleston80$33,691$12,805

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.