South Carolina hospitals
South Carolina hospitals: racial-equity scorecards
55 Medicare-certified hospitals serve South Carolina, represented by the South Carolina Hospital Association. This page aggregates CMS Hospital Compare measures — overall star rating, mortality / safety / readmission / patient-experience measure-group performance — for each of those facilities.
MUSC in Charleston is the state's only academic medical center and runs the state's only Level I trauma center. South Carolina has not adopted Medicaid expansion; rural hospital closures have concentrated obstetric capacity in Prisma Health, MUSC, and Grand Strand Health.
The state's recognized safety-net hospital systems — the facilities that carry a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured admissions — include: MUSC Health (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston), and Prisma Health — Richland (Columbia). Each has its own detail page below.
Two editorial notes on scope. First, CMS does not publish a racial-disparity scorecard per-hospital at national scale; what we surface below is the facility's overall CMS rating paired with any race-stratified metric we could find in a primary source (AHRQ Disparities Atlas, a state discharge scorecard, or a published study). Second, we do not rank hospitals as 'worst for Black patients' without a primary-source citation — the legal standard for that claim requires it.
Safety-net systems in South Carolina
- MUSC Health (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston)
- Prisma Health — Richland (Columbia)
All 55 hospitals in South Carolina
Cannon Memorial Hospital
Pickens
Hampton Regional Medical Center
Varnville
Musc Health Chester Medical Center
Chester
East Cooper Medical Center
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Mount Pleasant
Pelham Medical Center
Greer
Prisma Health Baptist
Columbia · Prisma Health
Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital
Spartanburg · Prisma Health
Anmed Health
Anderson
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital
Charleston · Bon Secours Mercy Health
Coastal Carolina Hospital
Hardeeville
Lexington Medical Center
West Columbia
Mcleod Loris Hospital
Loris
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge
Columbia · Baptist Health
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital
Greenville · Prisma Health
Prisma Health Hillcrest Hospital
Simpsonville · Prisma Health
Prisma Health Patewood Hospital
Greenville · Prisma Health
Roper Hospital
Charleston
Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital
Murrells Inlet
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital
Beaufort
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
Hartsville
Hilton Head Regional Medical Center
Hilton Head Island
Kershawhealth
Camden
Mcleod Medical Center - Dillon
Dillon
Mcleod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee
Florence
Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown
Columbia
Musc Health Marion Medical Center
Mullins
Musc Medical Center
Charleston
Newberry County Memorial Hospital
Newberry
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
Seneca · Prisma Health
Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Columbia · Prisma Health
Self Regional Healthcare
Greenwood
St Francis-Downtown
Greenville
Trident Medical Center
Charleston
Cherokee Medical Center
Gaffney
Colleton Medical Center
Walterboro
Conway Medical Center
Conway
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
Myrtle Beach
Musc Health Florence Medical Center
Florence
Musc Health Lancaster Medical Center
Lancaster
Piedmont Medical Center
Rock Hill · Piedmont Healthcare
Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital
Easley · Baptist Health
Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital
Clinton · Prisma Health
Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital
Sumter · Prisma Health
Spartanburg Medical Center
Spartanburg
Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital
Georgetown
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Aiken
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Data sources
- CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u).
- South Carolina Hospital Association — state hospital trade body (https://www.scha.org/).
- South Carolina Department of Public Health — Healthcare Facility Licensing — state hospital licensing + oversight (https://dph.sc.gov/programs-services/healthcare-facility-licensing).
- AHRQ National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr).
- CDC Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System state releases (cdc.gov/pmss).
- The Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades (leapfroggroup.org).
Data refreshed: