US Health Care Costs

Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 650: Kidney transplant with hemodialysis with mcc

$430,344typical hospital bill
$50,431typical amount paid
$33,792–$55,097range paid across 3 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $430,344 for this stay in 2024, about 8.5 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
Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster14$430,344$33,792
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville11$503,153$50,431
Musc Medical CenterCharleston36$288,630$55,097

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.