77/100
#423 nationally
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital
955 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC 29902 · (843) 522-5200
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Beaufort County Memorial Hospital billed $3.50 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 90
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
784 | $11,223 | $2,129 | -5% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
580 | $17,402 | $2,495 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
319 | $40,581 | $12,000 | -35% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
208 | $5,804 | $1,263 | -42% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $7,497 | $1,852 | -42% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $22,637 | $10,443 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $15,886 | $3,198 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
114 | $6,625 | $1,733 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
112 | $27,082 | $6,562 | -32% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $13,465 | $2,877 | -30% |
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 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,686 | $627 | +113% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$79,483 | $10,083 | +17% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$130,760 | $28,401 | +16% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,089 | $20,017 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,835 | $9,558 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,223 | $2,129 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,588 | $2,994 | -7% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,544 | $1,488 | -8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,565 | $5,041 | -65% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$68,350 | $36,959 | -61% |
|
Fracture, Sprain, Strain and Dislocation Except Femur, Hip, Pelvis and Thigh without
MS-DRG 563 · Inpatient stay |
$14,628 | $7,239 | -60% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay |
$13,430 | $6,429 | -59% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$16,769 | $7,414 | -59% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$32,792 | $16,037 | -57% |
|
Hypertension without Major Complications
MS-DRG 305 · Inpatient stay |
$14,831 | $6,205 | -56% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$31,575 | $14,447 | -56% |
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.