11/100
#2,371 nationally
Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center
2000 Hospital Dr, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 · (843) 881-0100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center billed $10.43 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
- 10.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 43
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #40
- 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 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% 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 |
321 | $109,880 | $10,828 | +76% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
202 | $60,383 | $5,833 | +51% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $29,004 | $2,124 | +49% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $224,304 | $15,281 | +170% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $25,257 | $2,894 | +22% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $33,282 | $2,554 | +63% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $26,584 | $1,988 | +126% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
59 | $100,558 | $11,514 | +54% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $188,407 | $24,393 | +67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
34 | $62,116 | $8,126 | +43% |
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 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5461 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$111,381 | $2,936 | +389% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$224,304 | $15,281 | +170% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$403,189 | $39,670 | +128% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,584 | $1,988 | +126% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$180,386 | $15,554 | +124% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$133,478 | $8,220 | +123% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,300 | $1,758 | +119% |
|
Cervical Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 472 · Inpatient stay |
$259,398 | $22,725 | +117% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,944 | $1,065 | +9% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$121,364 | $16,742 | +12% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,146 | $1,318 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,257 | $2,894 | +22% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$77,046 | $10,165 | +26% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$50,279 | $6,494 | +29% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$229,281 | $30,948 | +29% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,893 | $2,750 | +41% |
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.