Musc Health Chester Medical Center
1 MEDICAL PARK DRIVE, Chester, SC 29706
Musc Health Chester Medical Center in Chester, SC has an average Medicare payment of $21,917 and a Value Score of D (45/100). Compare prices for 8 procedures. Based on CMS inpatient data.
About Musc Health Chester Medical Center
Musc Health Chester Medical Center does not carry an overall CMS Hospital Compare star rating — typically because the hospital is too small, too specialized, or reports too few of the underlying measures to compute the composite. The CMS Hospital Compare measures break roughly evenly between better- and worse-than-benchmark performance, which is the modal pattern across U.S. hospitals.
Average payment per documented procedure at Musc Health Chester Medical Center is $21,917 — among the higher-cost facilities in the dataset. The composite value score of 45/100 puts Musc Health Chester Medical Center in the middle of the value distribution: not a standout choice on cost-vs-quality grounds, but not poor either.
Musc Health Chester Medical Center is investor-owned — a proprietary hospital, the minority ownership pattern in U.S. acute care. For-profit hospitals are more concentrated in some regions (Florida, Texas, Nevada) than others. The CMS payment record for Musc Health Chester Medical Center lists 8 distinct DRG codes — a mid-range procedure mix, including Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours, Heart Failure and Shock with CC, Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC. Emergency services are available, which is the norm for acute-care hospitals and a meaningful factor for any patient choosing a facility for unplanned care.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Hospital Compare quality measures, CMS Inpatient Payment data files.
Procedure Prices
| Procedure (DRG) | Total Payment |
|---|---|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support >96 Hours DRG 208 · Respiratory | $73,627 |
Heart Failure and Shock with CC DRG 292 · Cardiac | $11,696 |
Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis with MCC DRG 392 · Digestive | $15,699 |
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedure with Drug-Eluting Stent DRG 247 · Cardiac | $27,243 |
Syncope and Collapse DRG 312 · Neurological | $7,890 |
Transient Ischemia DRG 069 · Neurological | $7,853 |
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with MCC DRG 065 · Neurological | $19,354 |
Nutritional and Misc Metabolic Disorders with MCC DRG 641 · Metabolic | $11,971 |
Pricing data from CMS Hospital Price Transparency. Quality ratings from CMS Hospital Compare.
How Musc Health Chester Medical Center Compares
Musc Health Chester Medical Center has an average Medicare payment of $21,917, 49% above the South Carolina state average of $14,688. That is 38% higher than the national hospital average of $15,878. Most of its procedures fall under Neurological, where the typical payment is $10,855 (102% above this hospital's average). Its Value Score of D (45/100) reflects a blend of price percentile, CMS quality rating, and patient outcome measures.
Musc Health Chester Medical Center Cost & Quality FAQ
Musc Health Chester Medical Center has an average payment of $21,917 across 8 priced procedures. Costs vary significantly by procedure, compare individual prices in the procedure table above.
Musc Health Chester Medical Center does not currently have a CMS star rating on file. Quality measures may still be available for individual metrics like mortality and readmission rates.
Musc Health Chester Medical Center has a Value Score of D (45/100). This score combines cost efficiency, quality ratings, and patient outcomes to help compare hospitals. Proprietary facilities like this one are acute care hospitals.
Yes, Musc Health Chester Medical Center offers emergency services. The hospital is located at 1 MEDICAL PARK DRIVE, Chester, SC 29706. Phone: (803) 581-3151.
Hospital payment data reflects Medicare inpatient claims. Value Scores combine cost efficiency, CMS star ratings, and patient outcome measures. Actual out-of-pocket costs may vary based on insurance and individual circumstances.