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Cash prices South Carolina Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in South Carolina without insurance

Of 19 hospitals in South Carolina we can compare, MUSC Health Black River Medical Center (Cades) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 37% below the South Carolina median across 326 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all South Carolina hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical priceBelow median Above median
1. MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades 37% below 303 of 326 11 of 326
2. Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort 28% below 233 of 325 81 of 325
3. MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast Columbia 28% below 170 of 258 53 of 258
4. Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Columbia 28% below 170 of 258 53 of 258
5. MUSC Medical Center Charleston 21% below 219 of 327 41 of 327
6. Medical University Hospital Authority Orangeburg 21% below 219 of 327 41 of 327
7. MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester 18% below 169 of 246 65 of 246
8. Kershaw Medical Center Camden at median 116 of 252 115 of 252
9. MUSC Health Marion Medical Center Mullins at median 124 of 252 108 of 252
10. Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville at median 68 of 288 146 of 288
11. Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston 1% above 79 of 317 163 of 317
12. Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant 1% above 67 of 286 149 of 286
13. Roper Hospital Charleston 2% above 71 of 302 159 of 302
14. St Francis Hospital Greenville 12% above 115 of 309 184 of 309
15. Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville 13% above 57 of 201 123 of 201
16. MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence 43% above 43 of 283 211 of 283
17. MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster 77% above 49 of 274 212 of 274
18. Piedmont Medical Center Fort Mill 151% above 13 of 229 210 of 229
19. Piedmont Medical Center Rock Hill 151% above 13 of 229 210 of 229

Cheapest hospitals by metro area in South Carolina

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all South Carolina hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.