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Medical costs in Columbia, SC

4 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked

By Michael Glenn , Healthcare Data Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst

Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.

CMS price transparency
4 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.

Hospitals in metro

4

Procedures tracked

30

vs national avg

0.79x

Top procedures by average charge in COLUMBIA

All tracked procedures

ProcedureHospitalsAvg chargevs nationalMarkup
INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 8533$170,6050.84x4.8x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCCDRG 4603$161,9181.02x6.6x
CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CCDRG 4723$120,4190.91x6.7x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCCDRG 5223$99,9271.04x7.4x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCCDRG 4703$94,0341.07x9.4x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CCDRG 4814$84,3140.91x6.3x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 8714$58,9490.79x4.7x
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCCDRG 1774$49,7060.80x4x
GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCCDRG 3773$48,9990.62x4.3x
RENAL FAILURE WITH MCCDRG 6824$48,2860.80x5.4x
ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITH MCCDRG 3913$45,5710.78x5.4x
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCCDRG 2803$44,2030.62x4.8x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITH MCCDRG 8113$41,6510.65x4.5x
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCCDRG 1934$41,3240.76x4.7x
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCCDRG 6404$35,6440.65x4.3x
HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCCDRG 2914$35,6280.71x4.3x
PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILUREDRG 1894$35,5750.65x4.6x
SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCCDRG 8724$34,7360.78x5.5x
KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCCDRG 6894$32,1450.68x4.5x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURSDRG 0653$32,0260.61x5.4x
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →

Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.

City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.

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