Tracheostomy with Mv >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except Face, Mouth and Neck Withou in South Carolina

MS-DRG 004: Tracheostomy with mv >96 hours or principal diagnosis except face, mouth and neck withou

$418,690typical hospital bill

$109,296typical amount paid

$68,631–$177,655range paid across 6 hospitals

South Carolina hospitals billed Medicare a typical $418,690 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee	Florence	16	$394,073	$68,631
Trident Medical Center	Charleston	12	$826,173	$86,907
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital	Greenville	22	$338,444	$96,482
Spartanburg Medical Center	Spartanburg	11	$341,046	$122,110
Prisma Health Richland Hospital	Columbia	13	$443,308	$135,520
Musc Medical Center	Charleston	22	$551,568	$177,655

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.