59/100
#986 nationally
Mount Pleasant Hospital
3510 Highway 17 North Suite 140, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 · (843) 724-2954
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mount Pleasant Hospital billed $4.74 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
- 4.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 41
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #7
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 44% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
449 | $48,702 | $11,214 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
150 | $7,349 | $1,382 | -27% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $16,172 | $2,362 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $19,624 | $2,727 | -4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
98 | $30,243 | $7,821 | -30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $39,485 | $12,622 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $8,851 | $1,624 | -25% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $39,187 | $5,973 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $38,421 | $4,978 | +9% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
64 | $9,909 | $1,387 | -12% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$88,742 | $20,142 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,291 | $5,626 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,421 | $4,978 | +9% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,187 | $5,973 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$29,164 | $5,094 | about average |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,205 | $3,289 | about average |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,624 | $2,727 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,300 | $2,377 | -8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$32,903 | $9,472 | -42% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$39,485 | $12,622 | -39% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$35,095 | $10,319 | -36% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$34,243 | $9,015 | -35% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$116,662 | $28,326 | -35% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$20,361 | $4,863 | -35% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$26,822 | $7,079 | -34% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$31,263 | $7,271 | -34% |
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.