US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in South Carolina

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$93,680typical hospital bill
$16,172typical amount paid
$13,100–$23,554range paid across 28 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $93,680 for this stay in 2024, about 5.8 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
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant14$123,333$13,100
Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant21$69,429$13,169
Roper HospitalCharleston29$66,515$13,245
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris46$94,811$13,693
St Francis-DowntownGreenville30$88,694$14,126
Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville17$74,031$14,133
Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence13$120,819$14,159
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill32$153,853$14,760
Carolina Pines Regional Medical CenterHartsville13$166,978$14,841
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet34$56,248$15,042
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia49$92,549$15,387
Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken33$125,086$15,512
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence46$77,507$15,795
Trident Medical CenterCharleston32$209,336$15,805
Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter21$102,333$16,538
Conway Medical CenterConway22$63,484$16,556
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort26$50,497$16,972
Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley30$90,240$17,230
Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster11$148,860$17,990
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach39$168,420$18,523
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville83$98,303$19,252
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island38$144,833$19,460
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg76$75,469$19,487
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca35$86,691$19,530
Anmed HealthAnderson35$97,877$19,800
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia22$106,035$21,273
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood37$71,752$21,358
Musc Medical CenterCharleston37$91,548$23,554

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.