64/100
#829 nationally
Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital
4070 Hwy 17, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 · (843) 652-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital billed $4.15 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 89
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in SC
- #4
- 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 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 71% 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 |
610 | $14,896 | $2,330 | -23% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
195 | $11,460 | $1,601 | about average |
|
Level 3 Lower GI Procedures
APC 5313 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $16,779 | $2,370 | about average |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $48,426 | $11,259 | -22% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $39,936 | $13,877 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $8,173 | $1,646 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
137 | $26,917 | $9,433 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $39,957 | $6,127 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $6,565 | $1,349 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
117 | $33,005 | $4,854 | -6% |
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 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,389 | $2,824 | +48% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$66,804 | $8,493 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,676 | $1,745 | +21% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,889 | $2,986 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,660 | $2,795 | +10% |
|
Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5416 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,678 | $6,472 | +9% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,891 | $2,758 | +5% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,557 | $8,813 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$16,226 | $9,214 | -66% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$17,579 | $6,499 | -60% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$36,654 | $12,889 | -52% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$42,463 | $17,127 | -52% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$29,283 | $9,029 | -46% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$33,635 | $11,217 | -45% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$31,954 | $11,541 | -44% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$27,299 | $9,507 | -44% |
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.