Hip or thigh bone surgery (not replacement), with major complications in South Carolina

MS-DRG 480: Hip and femur procedures except major joint with mcc

$119,199typical hospital bill

$22,917typical amount paid

$17,642–$34,614range paid across 18 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $119,199 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
McLeod Loris Hospital	Loris	15	$89,010	$17,642
Musc Health Florence Medical Center	Florence	11	$184,648	$18,044
Roper Hospital	Charleston	16	$93,488	$18,371
St Francis-Downtown	Greenville	19	$110,658	$18,647
Piedmont Medical Center	Rock Hill	23	$200,653	$18,690
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	59	$102,101	$19,180
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown	Columbia	11	$131,700	$19,200
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	31	$98,542	$22,576
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	32	$297,574	$22,809
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center	Myrtle Beach	29	$279,650	$23,024
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital	Seneca	11	$102,822	$24,759
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	43	$121,055	$25,727
Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	32	$109,616	$27,083
Anmed Health	Anderson	18	$120,575	$27,089
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center	Hilton Head Island	16	$179,946	$28,399
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	33	$117,824	$28,588
Self Regional Healthcare	Greenwood	12	$109,776	$30,002
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	26	$141,359	$34,614

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.