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South Carolina Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across South Carolina — drawn from 22 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within South Carolina, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
Umbilical Hernia Repair$491 – $19,253$16,9038
Allergy Skin Testing$53 – $849$81510
Diagnostic Colonoscopy$879 – $9,106$1,02618
Upper GI Endoscopy (EGD)$872 – $8,883$98218
IUD Removal$276 – $2,705$38717
MRI Brain without Contrast$274 – $2,641$62213
Pacemaker Insertion (Dual Chamber)$3,241 – $30,650$16,00013
IUD Insertion$369 – $3,397$1,16817

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in South Carolina, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Bone Marrow Biopsy$671$2,099
Basic Metabolic Panel$70$218
Urinalysis with Microscopy$38$105
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel$139$366
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$22,089$52,838
Rotator Cuff Repair (Arthroscopic)$21,411$50,811

The most expensive shoppable procedures in South Carolina

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$25,57713
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$17,19511
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$17,12512
Umbilical Hernia Repair$16,9038
Pacemaker Insertion (Dual Chamber)$16,00013
Abdominal Hysterectomy$15,91512

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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