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South Carolina vs North Carolina Medicare Spending

Side-by-side comparison of Medicare provider payments between South Carolina and North Carolina

South Carolina
North Carolina
Total Medicare Payments
$15.8B
$27.9B
↓ 43.4% difference
Total Providers
161.7K
357.6K
↓ 54.8% difference
Avg Payment per Provider
$97.6K
$78.0K
↑ 25.2% difference
Markup Ratio
3.70x
3.77x
↓ 1.7% difference
Total Services
498.9M
895.1M
↓ 44.3% difference
Avg Payment per Service
$64.24
$74.09
↓ 13.3% difference

Key Insights

  • •North Carolina has $12.1B more in total Medicare payments than South Carolina.
  • •Providers in South Carolina average $19.7K more per provider than North Carolina.
  • •North Carolina has a higher markup ratio (3.77x vs 3.70x), meaning providers charge more relative to what Medicare pays.

Flagged Providers in South Carolina

Jennifer Douglas
Physician Assistant
$2.9M
Risk: 73
Dejuania Brown-Rawls
Hematology-Oncology
$2.8M
Risk: 70
Joel Johnson
General Practice
$390.2K
Risk: 70
Jordan Henderson
Hematology-Oncology
$3.1M
Risk: 69
James Montgomery
Obstetrics & Gynecology
$1.9M
Risk: 69

Flagged Providers in North Carolina

Laboratory Corporation Of America Holdings
Clinical Laboratory
$214.6M
Risk: 89
Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories Inc
Clinical Laboratory
$14.6M
Risk: 77
Julia Schaefer-Cutillo
Hematology-Oncology
$4.0M
Risk: 74
Pathgroup Labs, Llc
Clinical Laboratory
$24.8M
Risk: 67
Richard Orlowski
Medical Oncology
$1.9M
Risk: 67

Explore Individual States

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Data Sources

  • • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • • Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data (2014-2023)
  • • CMS National Health Expenditure Data

Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.

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