35/100
#1,736 nationally
Lexington Medical Center
2720 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169 · (803) 791-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lexington Medical Center billed $6.12 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
- 6.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 220
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #32
- 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 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
758 | $78,304 | $14,286 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
739 | $33,778 | $2,756 | +34% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
604 | $13,106 | $1,374 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
591 | $34,419 | $4,413 | +25% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
501 | $18,893 | $2,312 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
442 | $78,013 | $11,143 | +25% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
422 | $50,678 | $9,903 | +17% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
360 | $42,524 | $4,809 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
349 | $25,950 | $2,946 | +26% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
340 | $56,311 | $9,504 | +16% |
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 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$208,387 | $20,205 | +121% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,972 | $7,226 | +82% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$86,402 | $9,122 | +68% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 244 · Inpatient stay |
$120,142 | $14,724 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,716 | $2,698 | +50% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,026 | $1,659 | +50% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$101,211 | $9,348 | +50% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$138,332 | $15,933 | +48% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Digestive Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay |
$32,023 | $8,997 | -40% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 085 · Inpatient stay |
$58,849 | $15,900 | -40% |
|
Lymphoma and Non-acute Leukemia with Major Complications
MS-DRG 840 · Inpatient stay |
$86,696 | $25,317 | -39% |
|
Concomitant Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Cardiac Ablation
MS-DRG 317 · Inpatient stay |
$212,794 | $42,428 | -39% |
|
Other Operating Room Procedures for Injuries with Complications
MS-DRG 908 · Inpatient stay |
$57,084 | $13,161 | -37% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$170,066 | $42,205 | -37% |
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Major Complications
MS-DRG 438 · Inpatient stay |
$44,160 | $12,055 | -36% |
|
Amputation for Circulatory System Disorders Except Upper Limb and Toe with Complications
MS-DRG 240 · Inpatient stay |
$76,913 | $21,751 | -36% |
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.