7/100
#2,462 nationally
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
809 82Nd Parkway, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 · (843) 692-1000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Grand Strand Regional Medical Center billed $10.80 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
- 10.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 200
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #43
- 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 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 10% 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 |
803 | $32,865 | $2,328 | +69% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
599 | $116,272 | $16,346 | +78% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
437 | $69,950 | $2,782 | +177% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
405 | $128,362 | $11,182 | +105% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
289 | $69,827 | $10,851 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
253 | $20,606 | $1,389 | +104% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $171,682 | $9,333 | +154% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
158 | $319,986 | $25,775 | +157% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $413,597 | $19,983 | +212% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $99,269 | $4,915 | +183% |
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 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$173,960 | $4,895 | +402% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$165,269 | $7,890 | +272% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$351,431 | $16,654 | +268% |
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay |
$239,932 | $12,290 | +265% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,324 | $2,772 | +265% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,412 | $4,343 | +262% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$362,921 | $20,926 | +234% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$241,061 | $13,790 | +224% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$76,842 | $14,750 | about average |
|
Interstitial Lung Disease with Major Complications
MS-DRG 196 · Inpatient stay |
$81,310 | $16,858 | about average |
|
Ischemic Stroke, Precerebral Occlusion or Transient Ischemia with Thrombolytic Agent Wit
MS-DRG 062 · Inpatient stay |
$101,940 | $15,243 | +8% |
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$85,600 | $12,478 | +20% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical with Spinal Curvature, Malignancy, Infection or Extensive
MS-DRG 457 · Inpatient stay |
$352,585 | $47,233 | +23% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
MS-DRG 918 · Inpatient stay |
$45,351 | $7,416 | +28% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$43,207 | $6,608 | +28% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 808 · Inpatient stay |
$138,692 | $17,589 | +30% |
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.