US Health Care Costs

Other Respiratory System Diagnoses with Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 205: Other respiratory system diagnoses with mcc

$61,521typical hospital bill
$22,290typical amount paid
$21,355–$23,224range paid across 2 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,521 for this stay in 2024, about 2.8 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
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville13$57,679$21,355
Musc Medical CenterCharleston17$65,363$23,224

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.