US Health Care Costs

Ventricular Shunt Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in South Carolina

MS-DRG 033: Ventricular shunt procedures without cc/mcc

$54,076average hospital bill
$11,700average amount paid

One South Carolina hospital reported enough Medicare stays of this kind in 2024 to be listed. It billed an average of $54,076, about 4.6 times what was actually paid. Compare other states.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet11$54,076$11,700

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.