US Health Care Costs

Heart Transplant or Implant of Heart Assist System with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 001: Heart transplant or implant of heart assist system with mcc

$1,158,127average hospital bill
$311,036average amount paid

One South Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $1,158,127, about 3.7 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Musc Medical CenterCharleston28$1,158,127$311,036

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.