Syncope and collapse
In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $8,552 per stay at 1,487 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $6,867 and $9,210.
National figures, 2024
- Average payment per case
- $8,552
- Typical range (middle half of hospitals)
- $6,867–$9,210
- Medicare’s share
- $6,636
- Average billed charge
- $46,199
- Hospitals reporting
- 1,487
Hospitals in South Carolina
Narrow by a state, city or ZIP code (optionally a distance around it), and/or pick specific hospitals. With both, your picks are added to the area’s hospitals.
- Average payment across these 31 hospitals
- $7,750
- Median hospital
- $7,351
- Lowest to highest
- $5,447–$11,887
- Medicare stays
- 1,058
31 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare stays for this in 2024. Download as CSV
| Hospital | Cases | Average payment | vs national average | Medicare paid | Billed charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Hospital | 14 | $5,447 | 36% below the national average | $4,514 | $32,654 |
| Roper Hospital | 37 | $5,523 | 35% below the national average | $4,124 | $26,418 |
| St Francis-Downtown | 25 | $6,367 | 26% below the national average | $5,040 | $29,332 |
| Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital | 15 | $6,371 | 26% below the national average | $5,269 | $34,416 |
| MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown | 12 | $6,372 | 25% below the national average | $4,361 | $20,878 |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | 34 | $6,387 | 25% below the national average | $4,900 | $39,344 |
| McLeod Loris Hospital | 48 | $6,456 | 25% below the national average | $4,804 | $31,970 |
| Piedmont Medical Center | 37 | $6,591 | 23% below the national average | $5,489 | $59,767 |
| Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge | 20 | $6,739 | 21% below the national average | $5,563 | $23,311 |
| Lexington Medical Center | 58 | $6,784 | 21% below the national average | $5,036 | $42,126 |
| Aiken Regional Medical Center | 36 | $6,800 | 20% below the national average | $5,423 | $53,756 |
| Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital | 21 | $6,884 | 20% below the national average | $5,372 | $23,735 |
| Beaufort County Memorial Hospital | 14 | $6,989 | 18% below the national average | $5,474 | $24,116 |
| Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital | 29 | $7,020 | 18% below the national average | $5,421 | $24,516 |
| KershawHealth | 12 | $7,052 | 18% below the national average | $5,556 | $26,781 |
| Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital | 24 | $7,351 | 14% below the national average | $5,845 | $26,160 |
| Trident Medical Center | 29 | $7,398 | 13% below the national average | $5,810 | $70,516 |
| Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | 15 | $7,503 | 12% below the national average | $5,344 | $41,901 |
| McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | 94 | $7,577 | 11% below the national average | $5,819 | $37,380 |
| Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital | 17 | $7,641 | 11% below the national average | $6,297 | $27,658 |
| Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 94 | $7,682 | 10% below the national average | $5,726 | $61,502 |
| Prisma Health Baptist | 17 | $7,771 | About average | $6,647 | $29,521 |
| Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | 16 | $8,084 | About average | $7,041 | $51,154 |
| MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | 13 | $8,407 | About average | $5,935 | $69,381 |
| Spartanburg Medical Center | 67 | $8,500 | About average | $6,303 | $31,640 |
| Anmed Health | 54 | $8,712 | About average | $6,430 | $41,737 |
| Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 67 | $9,179 | About average | $6,782 | $29,993 |
| Self Regional Healthcare | 31 | $9,179 | About average | $6,995 | $27,674 |
| Prisma Health Richland Hospital | 46 | $9,313 | About average | $7,395 | $28,044 |
| Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital | 15 | $9,902 | 16% above the national average | $6,941 | $30,569 |
| MUSC Medical Center | 47 | $11,887 | 39% above the national average | $7,556 | $27,896 |
National trend
Average payment and billed charge per stay, and how many Medicare stays were reported each year.
- Average payment
- Average billed charge
View data as a table
| Year of care | Average payment | Average billed charge |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7,406 | $36K |
| 2021 | $7,799 | $39K |
| 2022 | $7,985 | $42K |
| 2023 | $8,225 | $44K |
| 2024 | $8,552 | $46K |
By state, 2024
Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.
Show all 51 states
| State | Hospitals | Cases | Average payment | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 18 | 474 | $6,623 | $5,898–$7,099 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 666 | $6,665 | $6,213–$6,940 |
| Arkansas | 15 | 357 | $6,685 | $6,336–$6,892 |
| Vermont | 2 | 51 | $6,803 | $5,637–$7,724 |
| Iowa | 16 | 419 | $6,805 | $6,288–$7,070 |
| Mississippi | 15 | 509 | $6,809 | $6,143–$6,806 |
| Alabama | 29 | 852 | $6,907 | $6,343–$7,198 |
| West Virginia | 13 | 472 | $7,057 | $5,802–$7,115 |
| Kansas | 11 | 377 | $7,114 | $6,259–$7,428 |
| Indiana | 37 | 1,147 | $7,196 | $6,751–$7,457 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 124 | $7,210 | $6,786–$7,373 |
| Missouri | 34 | 912 | $7,212 | $6,300–$7,854 |
| Oklahoma | 18 | 432 | $7,301 | $6,669–$7,326 |
| Ohio | 70 | 1,898 | $7,323 | $6,281–$7,629 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 328 | $7,406 | $6,791–$7,913 |
| Montana | 4 | 69 | $7,443 | $6,908–$7,694 |
| Idaho | 5 | 94 | $7,505 | $7,455–$7,828 |
| Florida | 129 | 6,354 | $7,530 | $6,698–$8,166 |
| Tennessee | 31 | 1,012 | $7,573 | $6,360–$7,778 |
| Virginia | 39 | 1,616 | $7,641 | $6,815–$7,824 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 116 | $7,647 | $7,451–$7,979 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 136 | $7,653 | $6,638–$8,647 |
| Arizona | 29 | 839 | $7,709 | $6,967–$7,827 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 571 | $7,719 | $6,722–$7,900 |
| Nebraska | 8 | 201 | $7,722 | $6,834–$8,734 |
| South Carolina | 31 | 1,058 | $7,750 | $6,665–$8,245 |
| Pennsylvania | 78 | 2,713 | $7,827 | $6,527–$8,550 |
| Michigan | 42 | 1,378 | $7,836 | $7,139–$8,261 |
| Maine | 4 | 102 | $7,909 | $6,894–$7,631 |
| Colorado | 15 | 285 | $7,909 | $6,831–$7,565 |
| Texas | 103 | 3,312 | $8,024 | $7,200–$8,491 |
| Minnesota | 17 | 464 | $8,173 | $7,050–$8,424 |
| Washington | 27 | 596 | $8,238 | $7,476–$8,527 |
| North Carolina | 43 | 1,556 | $8,274 | $7,185–$8,127 |
| Delaware | 5 | 390 | $8,521 | $7,531–$8,686 |
| Illinois | 70 | 2,259 | $8,661 | $6,903–$9,218 |
| New Jersey | 50 | 2,005 | $8,682 | $7,487–$9,963 |
| Massachusetts | 47 | 2,326 | $8,685 | $7,373–$9,735 |
| Georgia | 49 | 1,563 | $8,904 | $7,289–$9,281 |
| Nevada | 13 | 539 | $8,908 | $7,779–$9,266 |
| Oregon | 11 | 212 | $9,100 | $8,452–$9,421 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 141 | $9,102 | $7,165–$8,957 |
| Utah | 5 | 111 | $9,178 | $7,382–$9,708 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 31 | $9,188 | $8,513–$9,534 |
| Connecticut | 19 | 571 | $9,775 | $8,477–$10,132 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 92 | $10,597 | $10,415–$12,442 |
| California | 129 | 4,020 | $10,846 | $9,128–$10,806 |
| New York | 83 | 4,453 | $11,509 | $8,308–$12,036 |
| Maryland | 35 | 1,482 | $11,912 | $9,969–$14,559 |
| Alaska | 3 | 52 | $12,102 | $10,339–$14,624 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 122 | $12,112 | $11,190–$13,198 |
About these numbers
Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.
Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.
Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 stays. More in the glossary.