41/100
#1,572 nationally
Pelham Medical Center
250 Westmoreland Road, Greer, SC 29651 · (864) 560-6554
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Pelham Medical Center billed $5.58 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
- 5.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 39
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #26
- 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 31% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 41% 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 |
421 | $19,513 | $2,352 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
142 | $57,092 | $11,292 | -9% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $37,439 | $6,060 | -6% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $12,121 | $1,638 | +3% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $31,106 | $4,684 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $7,546 | $1,410 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $98,965 | $26,924 | -12% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $59,715 | $13,878 | -8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
39 | $37,802 | $7,167 | -13% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
37 | $24,933 | $5,056 | -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 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,172 | $1,393 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,862 | $4,499 | +52% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,024 | $1,605 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,919 | $2,772 | +36% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$48,440 | $4,778 | +34% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$108,260 | $15,316 | +30% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,612 | $2,815 | +26% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,544 | $1,328 | +21% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,663 | $4,793 | -32% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$28,121 | $5,875 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,546 | $1,410 | -25% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$41,219 | $8,643 | -25% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$36,628 | $8,192 | -24% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$67,881 | $12,662 | -19% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$25,069 | $5,905 | -18% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$24,933 | $5,056 | -16% |
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.