East Cooper Medical Center
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 29464
CCN: 420089 Acute Care Hospitals Emergency Services
5/5
CMS Star Rating
Excellent
17
DRG Categories
462
Total Discharges
$145,917
Avg Charges
$16,671
Avg Payment
$14,097
Avg Medicare
8.75x
Charge-to-Payment
Quality Ratings — CMS Hospital Compare
Based on CMS measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness
Mortality
Same as Average Safety of Care
Above Average Readmissions
Same as Average Patient Experience
Reported South Carolina Average Rating
3.27 / 5 This hospital is above average
8 five-star hospitals of rated in South Carolina
National Average Rating
3.08 / 5
288 five-star hospitals of 2866 rated nationally
Type: Acute Care Hospitals Ownership: Proprietary
Compared to South Carolina Average
How this hospital compares to the average of 51 hospitals in South Carolina
Average Charges
$145,917 +71%
State avg: $85,382
Average Payment
$16,671 +1%
State avg: $16,431
Charge-to-Payment Ratio
8.75x Above avg
State avg: 5.29x
Top 17 DRGs by Volume
Most common diagnosis groups at this hospital, sorted by number of discharges
| DRG | Description | Discharges | Avg Charges | Avg Payment | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 455 | COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 69 | $379,928 | $42,509 | 8.94x |
| 454 | COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 47 | $399,624 | $46,738 | 8.55x |
| 871 | SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC | 47 | $78,708 | $11,597 | 6.79x |
| 460 | SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 42 | $304,598 | $29,272 | 10.41x |
| 467 | REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 39 | $140,313 | $20,471 | 6.85x |
| 470 | MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 32 | $120,491 | $12,197 | 9.88x |
| 177 | RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 31 | $70,092 | $10,797 | 6.49x |
| 291 | HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC | 24 | $58,117 | $7,495 | 7.75x |
| 552 | MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS WITHOUT MCC | 21 | $41,501 | $6,860 | 6.05x |
| 193 | SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 20 | $74,620 | $8,047 | 9.27x |
| 472 | CERVICAL SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 16 | $295,268 | $21,582 | 13.68x |
| 468 | REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 14 | $142,155 | $18,071 | 7.87x |
| 481 | HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 13 | $103,162 | $13,196 | 7.82x |
| 488 | KNEE PROCEDURES WITHOUT PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTION WITH CC/MCC | 13 | $89,470 | $11,348 | 7.88x |
| 377 | GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC | 12 | $91,776 | $10,589 | 8.67x |
| 189 | PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 11 | $48,473 | $7,532 | 6.44x |
| 641 | MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 11 | $42,291 | $5,109 | 8.28x |
About This Data
Hospital charges and payment data are from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Provider Summary. Quality star ratings (1-5) are from CMS Hospital Compare, based on measures of mortality, safety of care, readmissions, patient experience, and timeliness. Negotiated insurance rates are from hospital Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) required by the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule.