US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in South Carolina

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$63,839typical hospital bill
$13,749typical amount paid
$11,027–$21,405range paid across 26 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,839 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
Roper HospitalCharleston31$45,130$11,027
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia19$48,175$11,721
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant11$102,405$11,817
Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence32$103,395$11,824
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris34$68,576$12,142
St Francis-DowntownGreenville32$79,500$12,277
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston17$50,657$12,755
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill29$125,053$12,868
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet35$45,116$12,908
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia116$65,902$13,098
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken23$89,171$13,344
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence69$69,517$13,370
Trident Medical CenterCharleston56$148,378$13,661
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia26$43,367$13,838
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort24$31,575$14,447
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach42$122,343$14,681
Conway Medical CenterConway13$79,184$15,211
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg41$61,777$16,488
Anmed HealthAnderson32$72,497$16,669
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville82$55,331$16,746
Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg20$44,359$16,777
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia31$53,279$17,014
Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster17$119,623$17,283
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca17$41,309$17,944
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood28$51,328$18,377
Musc Medical CenterCharleston55$57,462$21,405

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.