DRG 064 · Nervous System

Stroke Cost in South Carolina — Compare All Hospitals

A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.

State average
$55,941
gross charge · DRG 064
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$40,724 – $78,374
low to high
Lowest $40,724 Highest $78,374

South Carolina hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 064) anywhere from $40,724 to $78,374 — a $37,650 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center in Hilton Head Island; the most expensive is Anmed Health in Anderson. The state average sits at $55,941.

Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists stroke at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent stroke admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. South Carolina hospitals missing from the list either don't perform stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 064 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center

    Hilton Head Island, SC

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $40,724
    Cash pay $20,362
    Medicare pays (avg) $19,157
  2. 2

    Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center

    Mount Pleasant, SC

    Gross charge $40,724
    Cash pay $20,362
  3. 3

    Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital

    Murrells Inlet, SC

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $41,511
    Cash pay $26,982
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,360
  4. 4
    Gross charge $78,374
    Cash pay $39,187
  5. 5

    Anmed Health

    Anderson, SC

    36 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $78,374
    Cash pay $39,187
    Medicare pays (avg) $15,922
  6. 6

    Mcleod Medical Center - Dillon

    Dillon, SC

    Gross charge
  7. 7

    Colleton Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Walterboro, SC

    Gross charge
  8. 8

    McLeod Regional Medical Center

    Florence, SC

    81 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,483
  9. 9

    Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital | Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    Charleston, SC

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,142
  10. 10

    Trident Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Charleston, SC

    108 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,980
  11. 11

    Grand Strand Regional Medical Center

    Myrtle Beach, SC

    110 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,324
  12. 12

    Roper Hospital | Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    Charleston, SC

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,346
  13. 13

    Coastal Carolina Hospital

    Hardeeville, SC

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $44,182
  14. 14

    Mount Pleasant Hospital | Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    Mount Pleasant, SC

    Gross charge
  15. 15

    McLeod Health Loris

    Loris, SC

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,071
  16. 16

    McLeod Health Cheraw

    Cheraw, SC

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Mcleod Health Clarendon

    Manning, SC

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Berkeley Hospital | Roper St. Francis Healthcare

    Summerville, SC

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center

    Hartsville, SC

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,086

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