Price Transparency and Standard Charges

Click here to download the standard charges for Waccamaw Community Hospital (TIN: 043633263) dba Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital.

Click here to download the standard charges for Georgetown Memorial Hospital (TIN: 570341194) dba Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

Each standard charges machine-readable file (.csv) has the following information:

• Gross charge for each individual item or services as that service is reflected in the hospital’s charge description master
• Whether the service may be offered in the hospital to admitted patients (INPATIENT) or to patients receiving services where they are not admitted (OUTPATIENT) or both
• Discounted cash price for uninsured patients
• Discounted cash price for uninsured patients that pay promptly
• The HCPCS, CPT or DRG code related to the service, where applicable
• Comment field explaining that the service price is variable based on our markup policy
• Minimum negotiated charge where there are applicable negotiated charges
• Maximum negotiated charge where there are applicable negotiated charges
• Payer-specific negotiated charge by payer as indicated

Services provided in our physician practices are not in the hospital charge masters and are billed under a different tax identification number.

Price Transparency: Shoppable Services

In addition to a machine-readable file of standard charges, Tidelands Health is supplying the following documents that list the standard charges for at least 300 “shoppable” services, which services are grouped with charges for ancillary services that are customarily provided by the hospitals. 

Click here to download shoppable services for Waccamaw Community Hospital (TIN: 043633263) dba Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital.

The file includes 375 shoppable services -- a service that can be scheduled by a health care consumer in advance.

Click here to download shoppable services for Georgetown Memorial Hospital (TIN: 570341194) dba Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

The file includes 347 shoppable services -- a service that can be scheduled by a health care consumer in advance. 

Each shoppable services machine-readable file (.csv) has the following information:

• The discounted cash price for those without insurance
• The discounted cash price for those without insurance if paid promptly
• The payer-specific negotiated charge for third-party payers
• The de-identified minimum negotiated charge
• The de-identified maximum negotiated charge

The location, INPATIENT (defined as admitted to the hospital) and OUTPATIENT (services provided at all hospital-based facilities), is indicated. For Medicare-based DRG rates, these are base rates and do not include outlier calculations. The listing includes the CMS-specified 70 shoppable services. Where the hospital does not provide the service, that is indicated. The listing also indicates where other services such as facility fees, supplies and drugs are included in the rate, as well as where physician services are not included in the rate. For all inpatient DRGs, charges include all services provided during the inpatient stay. Services provided in our physician practices are not in the hospital charge masters and are billed under a different tax identification number.