17/100
#2,239 nationally
Aiken Regional Medical Center
302 University Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801 · (803) 641-5900
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Aiken Regional Medical Center billed $8.35 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 8.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 77
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #37
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
255 | $114,397 | $14,682 | +75% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $28,272 | $2,316 | +45% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
128 | $64,509 | $9,789 | +49% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $40,132 | $4,309 | +46% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
86 | $67,856 | $4,807 | +93% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $38,773 | $2,795 | +54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $17,785 | $1,375 | +76% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $42,306 | $2,956 | +105% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
70 | $63,784 | $8,443 | +63% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $3,925 | $585 | +25% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,992 | $2,882 | +171% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,714 | $5,585 | +109% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,306 | $2,956 | +105% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,280 | $1,745 | +103% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,237 | $4,526 | +100% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$200,836 | $17,241 | +100% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,759 | $2,369 | +97% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,071 | $2,698 | +94% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$46,224 | $11,408 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$114,058 | $22,691 | about average |
|
Other Disorders of Nervous System with Complications
MS-DRG 092 · Inpatient stay |
$45,734 | $8,741 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,688 | $7,277 | about average |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$59,833 | $10,619 | +6% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,023 | $18,693 | +10% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$84,283 | $14,336 | +10% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$105,896 | $14,990 | +11% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.