55/100
#1,097 nationally
Cherokee Medical Center
1530 N Limestone St, Gaffney, SC 29340 · (864) 487-4271
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cherokee Medical Center billed $4.13 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
- 4.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 10
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #12
- 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 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 25% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
203 | $20,803 | $2,335 | +7% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $44,773 | $17,203 | -31% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $34,804 | $9,477 | +17% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $33,610 | $12,726 | -23% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $39,333 | $14,648 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $13,675 | $1,996 | +16% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $25,856 | $10,153 | -22% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $31,579 | $11,519 | -23% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $24,551 | $9,541 | -23% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $55,288 | $13,434 | +19% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$55,288 | $13,434 | +19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$34,804 | $9,477 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,675 | $1,996 | +16% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,803 | $2,335 | +7% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,856 | $10,153 | -22% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$31,579 | $11,519 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$33,610 | $12,726 | -23% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$24,551 | $9,541 | -23% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$44,773 | $17,203 | -31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$39,333 | $14,648 | -29% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$24,551 | $9,541 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$33,610 | $12,726 | -23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$31,579 | $11,519 | -23% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,856 | $10,153 | -22% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,803 | $2,335 | +7% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,675 | $1,996 | +16% |
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.