64/100
#828 nationally
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
606 Black River Rd Drawer 1718, Georgetown, SC 29440 · (843) 527-7000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital billed $4.39 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 46
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #3
- 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 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% 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 |
216 | $16,068 | $2,325 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
215 | $11,639 | $2,788 | -54% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
85 | $30,458 | $10,209 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
73 | $10,661 | $1,642 | -9% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $26,527 | $4,402 | -3% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $56,255 | $9,486 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $8,914 | $1,666 | -21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $49,823 | $15,345 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $39,784 | $4,897 | +13% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $55,739 | $17,308 | -45% |
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 |
$12,195 | $1,256 | +42% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,784 | $4,897 | +13% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$46,578 | $9,251 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,127 | $1,757 | +9% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,925 | $3,008 | about average |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,571 | $2,422 | about average |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$57,976 | $8,687 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,527 | $4,402 | -3% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,639 | $2,788 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,038 | $1,399 | -50% |
|
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5464 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$42,950 | $18,830 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,972 | $5,901 | -47% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$78,489 | $22,610 | -45% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$55,739 | $17,308 | -45% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$35,313 | $12,504 | -42% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$32,624 | $8,807 | -40% |
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.