30/100
#1,867 nationally
Colleton Medical Center
501 Robertson Boulevard, Walterboro, SC 29488 · (843) 782-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Colleton Medical Center billed $5.39 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 18
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #34
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
162 | $27,725 | $2,474 | +43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
109 | $69,596 | $16,381 | +7% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $49,786 | $10,672 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $23,086 | $2,991 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
22 | $9,054 | $1,498 | -10% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $67,138 | $13,721 | +22% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $43,745 | $12,253 | -17% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
20 | $49,065 | $10,322 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
20 | $14,833 | $1,758 | +26% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $59,182 | $10,910 | +27% |
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 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,817 | $1,412 | +157% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,209 | $5,332 | +80% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,725 | $2,474 | +43% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,471 | $6,025 | +37% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$79,418 | $13,092 | +29% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$59,182 | $10,910 | +27% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,833 | $1,758 | +26% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$67,138 | $13,721 | +22% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$27,093 | $8,593 | -27% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$43,745 | $12,253 | -17% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$43,344 | $10,149 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,054 | $1,498 | -10% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$38,768 | $11,383 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$32,605 | $7,796 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$49,065 | $10,322 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$69,596 | $16,381 | +7% |
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.