13/100
#2,324 nationally
Coastal Carolina Hospital
1000 Medical Center Drive, Hardeeville, SC 29927 · (843) 784-8000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Coastal Carolina Hospital billed $11.04 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
- 11.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 36
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #39
- 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 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $23,192 | $1,683 | +79% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
254 | $4,694 | $558 | +50% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
209 | $20,608 | $1,362 | +104% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
194 | $55,253 | $4,195 | +101% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $37,573 | $2,224 | +93% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $46,688 | $2,825 | +126% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
119 | $80,623 | $11,184 | +24% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $122,603 | $8,451 | +105% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $68,225 | $5,627 | +71% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $69,876 | $4,656 | +99% |
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 |
$66,891 | $2,178 | +188% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,890 | $2,580 | +156% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,652 | $2,332 | +136% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,688 | $2,825 | +126% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,040 | $2,646 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,393 | $1,321 | +108% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$122,603 | $8,451 | +105% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,608 | $1,362 | +104% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$152,578 | $24,166 | -14% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$57,851 | $8,764 | +9% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 854 · Inpatient stay |
$100,533 | $13,735 | +21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$80,623 | $11,184 | +24% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$56,988 | $7,605 | +25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$54,798 | $9,981 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$52,132 | $7,242 | +33% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$62,915 | $7,639 | +35% |
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.