10/100
#2,400 nationally
Piedmont Medical Center
1731 Frank Gaston Blvd, Rock Hill, SC 29732 · (803) 329-1234
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Piedmont Medical Center billed $10.89 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
- 10.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 107
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #42
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 20% 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 |
273 | $131,396 | $13,356 | +101% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
270 | $33,947 | $2,155 | +75% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $52,988 | $2,598 | +110% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $120,969 | $10,600 | +94% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
174 | $18,636 | $1,182 | +85% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
145 | $45,917 | $4,324 | +67% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $49,230 | $4,604 | +40% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
133 | $83,021 | $8,791 | +91% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
112 | $96,652 | $10,827 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
107 | $113,193 | $8,491 | +67% |
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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,718 | $1,390 | +389% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$122,205 | $8,926 | +137% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$439,197 | $30,436 | +132% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$127,250 | $10,716 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$77,479 | $4,259 | +124% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$250,170 | $23,060 | +122% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$28,498 | $1,748 | +121% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$68,159 | $6,293 | +115% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,179 | $1,464 | -46% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$67,393 | $9,717 | about average |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,541 | $5,333 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,230 | $1,504 | +13% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$76,432 | $10,774 | +15% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour with Major Complications
MS-DRG 082 · Inpatient stay |
$117,167 | $14,205 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,215 | $2,831 | +29% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$106,796 | $11,498 | +30% |
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.