51/100
#1,231 nationally
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital
22725 Highway 76 East, Clinton, SC 29325 · (864) 833-9100
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital billed $3.64 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
- 3.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 20
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #16
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 51% 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 |
134 | $56,025 | $17,005 | -14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $16,542 | $2,457 | -15% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
66 | $33,063 | $11,212 | -24% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $25,526 | $7,774 | -23% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $53,935 | $14,403 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $42,225 | $10,583 | -13% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $30,620 | $7,186 | about average |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $45,863 | $14,240 | -19% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $27,658 | $7,641 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $13,484 | $1,428 | +34% |
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 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,014 | $2,502 | +64% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,484 | $1,428 | +34% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$37,401 | $8,133 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,892 | $3,196 | +7% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$30,620 | $7,186 | about average |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$53,935 | $14,403 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$45,250 | $12,180 | about average |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$42,225 | $10,583 | -13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$21,069 | $8,011 | -39% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$25,406 | $8,834 | -35% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$27,658 | $7,641 | -24% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$33,063 | $11,212 | -24% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$25,526 | $7,774 | -23% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$42,642 | $12,698 | -19% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$45,863 | $14,240 | -19% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$33,155 | $10,050 | -19% |
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.