US Health Care Costs

Lower Extremity and Humerus Procedures Except Hip, Foot and Femur with Cc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 493: Lower extremity and humerus procedures except hip, foot and femur with cc

$102,014typical hospital bill
$18,648typical amount paid
$15,452–$27,445range paid across 13 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $102,014 for this stay in 2024, about 5.5 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
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris16$98,213$15,452
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence20$114,136$15,685
Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill13$175,518$16,343
Roper HospitalCharleston13$68,073$16,455
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia21$88,239$16,576
St Francis-DowntownGreenville14$149,687$17,511
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach23$266,589$18,648
Trident Medical CenterCharleston21$257,932$21,560
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville22$83,015$21,661
Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia19$102,014$21,759
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg38$89,606$22,930
Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood14$79,791$24,428
Musc Medical CenterCharleston27$117,430$27,445

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.