Septicemia or Severe Sepsis with Mv >96 Hours in South Carolina

MS-DRG 870: Septicemia or severe sepsis with mv >96 hours

$247,307typical hospital bill

$51,132typical amount paid

$38,601–$77,002range paid across 9 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $247,307 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Roper Hospital	Charleston	11	$157,278	$38,601
Lexington Medical Center	West Columbia	19	$170,066	$42,205
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	26	$491,537	$44,265
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	29	$245,949	$47,137
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	13	$177,892	$51,132
Anmed Health	Anderson	18	$247,307	$57,001
Musc Health Florence Medical Center	Florence	13	$379,213	$57,339
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	19	$294,090	$66,078
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	32	$250,502	$77,002

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.