10/100
#2,395 nationally
Musc Health Florence Medical Center
805 Pamplico Hwy Box 100550, Florence, SC 29505 · (843) 674-2500
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Musc Health Florence Medical Center billed $9.31 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
- 9.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 87
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #41
- 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 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 3% 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 |
255 | $90,786 | $13,342 | +39% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
162 | $26,157 | $2,286 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $59,833 | $2,958 | +190% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
143 | $51,565 | $2,725 | +104% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
128 | $61,316 | $8,664 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
122 | $43,498 | $1,724 | +237% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $32,174 | $1,338 | +187% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $75,602 | $4,335 | +175% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $23,972 | $1,389 | +138% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $95,471 | $4,836 | +172% |
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 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$124,518 | $3,207 | +449% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,060 | $561 | +412% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,133 | $1,454 | +270% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,287 | $2,678 | +237% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,498 | $1,724 | +237% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$76,303 | $2,668 | +228% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,650 | $1,372 | +222% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,034 | $2,745 | +200% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 299 · Inpatient stay |
$55,149 | $10,447 | -18% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$46,646 | $11,037 | -17% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$124,828 | $19,684 | -13% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$48,982 | $8,924 | about average |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$67,466 | $11,134 | about average |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$42,060 | $6,467 | +3% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$80,882 | $12,741 | +3% |
|
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major
MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay |
$33,803 | $6,612 | +4% |
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.