CostGrade
D

24/100

#2,065 nationally

St Francis-Downtown

One St Francis Dr, Greenville, SC 29601 · (800) 805-5678

Charges far above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Francis-Downtown billed $7.68 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
7.7x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
147
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in SC
#35
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.

Inpatient charge markup 6.7/35

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 4.8/25

Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 10.1/30

Better than 34% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.1/10

Better than 21% 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

712 $95,249 $11,175 +52%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

536 $68,213 $13,602 +5%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

482 $26,677 $2,790 +6%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

345 $55,905 $6,001 +40%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

317 $18,793 $2,345 -3%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

273 $10,679 $1,378 +6%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

273 $17,733 $1,736 +37%
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit

239 $31,560 $3,437 +53%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

204 $19,022 $1,617 +62%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

183 $31,183 $4,463 +14%

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 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

$34,075 $2,010 +190%
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit

$187,590 $18,288 +132%
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures

APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit

$261,138 $26,091 +132%
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures

APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit

$327,240 $28,295 +120%
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit

$291,856 $20,121 +120%
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications

MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay

$265,130 $22,499 +113%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major

MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay

$398,967 $34,791 +111%
Level 2 Electrophysiologic Procedures

APC 5212 · Hospital outpatient visit

$90,370 $6,219 +103%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay

$26,485 $7,374 -44%
Level 2 Nerve Procedures

APC 5432 · Hospital outpatient visit

$22,611 $5,746 -42%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications

MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay

$51,870 $15,928 -40%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$31,431 $11,017 -37%
Transurethral Prostatectomy with Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 713 · Inpatient stay

$42,358 $10,093 -37%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications

MS-DRG 536 · Inpatient stay

$21,622 $5,801 -34%
Dysequilibrium

MS-DRG 149 · Inpatient stay

$25,982 $5,614 -34%
Stroke (severe)

MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay

$52,485 $12,372 -31%

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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