Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 521: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture with mcc

$121,928typical hospital bill

$21,577typical amount paid

$18,625–$27,422range paid across 9 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $121,928 for this stay in 2024, about 5.7 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	13	$112,477	$18,625
Aiken Regional Medical Center	Aiken	11	$148,766	$20,094
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	18	$107,868	$20,643
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	31	$126,096	$21,260
Roper Hospital	Charleston	13	$107,842	$21,577
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	12	$237,630	$21,842
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	27	$121,061	$23,707
Anmed Health	Anderson	12	$121,928	$27,354
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	18	$133,708	$27,422

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.