US Health Care Costs

Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 468: Revision of hip or knee replacement without cc/mcc

$116,976typical hospital bill
$19,936typical amount paid
$16,742–$25,823range paid across 14 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $116,976 for this stay in 2024, about 5.9 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 Pleasant17$121,364$16,742
Roper HospitalCharleston13$65,616$16,845
Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia25$111,839$18,359
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris12$113,524$18,451
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet12$71,459$18,854
St Francis-DowntownGreenville25$198,643$19,090
Trident Medical CenterCharleston13$223,063$19,618
Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville17$107,778$20,254
Conway Medical CenterConway16$91,956$20,391
Prisma Health BaptistColumbia16$120,427$20,982
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia16$159,298$21,982
Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach29$159,570$24,761
Musc Medical CenterCharleston12$122,647$25,595
Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg16$79,970$25,823

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.