7/100
#2,468 nationally
Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center
800 W Meeting St, Lancaster, SC 29720 · (803) 286-1481
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center billed $10.06 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
- 10.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 47
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #44
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
137 | $33,719 | $2,431 | +74% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
116 | $18,721 | $1,437 | +86% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
83 | $109,964 | $17,805 | +69% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $81,455 | $4,532 | +197% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $16,712 | $1,525 | +29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $102,575 | $13,653 | +136% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $32,581 | $1,688 | +177% |
|
Kidney Transplant
MS-DRG 652 · Inpatient stay |
48 | $388,479 | $24,930 | +31% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $155,636 | $11,175 | +149% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $101,477 | $6,108 | +155% |
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 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$53,431 | $1,735 | +371% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$92,639 | $2,978 | +298% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$69,317 | $2,909 | +240% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,419 | $1,525 | +237% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$120,505 | $11,914 | +219% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,144 | $2,864 | +215% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$63,372 | $3,133 | +207% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,455 | $4,532 | +197% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney Transplant with Hemodialysis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 650 · Inpatient stay |
$430,344 | $33,792 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,712 | $1,525 | +29% |
|
Kidney Transplant
MS-DRG 652 · Inpatient stay |
$388,479 | $24,930 | +31% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,207 | $1,439 | +42% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$255,065 | $43,148 | +43% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$70,023 | $11,712 | +45% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$90,489 | $14,547 | +47% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$69,345 | $9,938 | +52% |
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.