CostGrade
C

53/100

#1,169 nationally

Spartanburg Medical Center

101 E Wood St, Spartanburg, SC 29303 · (864) 560-6554

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Spartanburg Medical Center billed $4.48 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
4.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
213
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in SC
#15
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.

Inpatient charge markup 17.7/35

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 13.3/25

Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 15.4/30

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 6.3/10

Better than 63% 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

1,596 $19,277 $2,562 about average
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

1,095 $798 $643 -75%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

438 $12,171 $1,926 -6%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

399 $9,777 $1,512 -3%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

397 $56,173 $12,433 -10%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

338 $12,203 $1,777 +4%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

315 $41,978 $11,876 -3%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

301 $59,472 $17,885 -9%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

251 $28,940 $3,020 +15%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

244 $22,435 $2,940 +17%

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

$22,264 $1,772 +96%
Level 2 Vascular Procedures

APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit

$14,867 $1,444 +73%
Level 1 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5231 · Hospital outpatient visit

$153,896 $22,389 +63%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$16,533 $1,466 +47%
Major Chest Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay

$153,678 $29,568 +41%
Postoperative and Post-traumatic Infections without Major Complications

MS-DRG 863 · Inpatient stay

$52,252 $11,450 +37%
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures

APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,611 $2,617 +36%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$255,092 $43,356 +35%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$798 $643 -75%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours

MS-DRG 207 · Inpatient stay

$135,021 $54,634 -47%
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit

$23,849 $7,112 -46%
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit

$6,389 $1,567 -44%
Traumatic Stupor and Coma >1 Hour without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 084 · Inpatient stay

$28,235 $8,392 -42%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$46,387 $18,856 -42%
Digestive Malignancy with Complications

MS-DRG 375 · Inpatient stay

$31,176 $11,278 -41%
ECMO or Tracheostomy with Mechanical Ventilation >96 Hours or Principal Diagnosis Except

MS-DRG 003 · Inpatient stay

$516,307 $191,485 -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.
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