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Best hospitals in South Carolina

5 of the 47 South Carolina hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 17 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 66 South Carolina hospitalsBest hospitals by stateSouth Carolina ranks 35th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

5five-star hospitals
17four-star hospitals
47hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 66 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 41 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Pelham Medical CenterGreer · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend85%Typical ER visit2 h 57 minListed per $1 of cost$5.362Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit2 h 12 minListed per $1 of cost$5.623Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit2 h 20 minListed per $1 of cost$7.394Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend81%Listed per $1 of cost$6.195Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit3 h 28 minListed per $1 of cost$5.856Roper HospitalCharleston · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit1 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$4.867McLeod Loris HospitalLoris · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 18 minListed per $1 of cost$6.958Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend75%Typical ER visit2 h 23 minListed per $1 of cost$6.969Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit3 h 19 minListed per $1 of cost$4.2110Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit2 h 55 minListed per $1 of cost$5.62
How South Carolina's 47 rated hospitals score
55 stars
174 stars
153 stars
102 stars
01 star

Every rated hospital in South Carolina

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Pelham Medical CenterGreer★★★★★★★★★★85%2 h 57 min$5.36
2Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant★★★★★★★★★★84%2 h 12 min$5.62
3Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 20 min$7.39
4Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville★★★★★★★★★★81%–$6.19
5Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 28 min$5.85
6Roper HospitalCharleston★★★★★★★★★★80%1 h 36 min$4.86
7McLeod Loris HospitalLoris★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 18 min$6.95
8Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 23 min$6.96
9Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 19 min$4.21
10Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 55 min$5.62
11Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 36 min$5.41
12Anmed HealthAnderson★★★★★★★★★★66%4 h 6 min$5.97
13St Francis-DowntownGreenville★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 43 min$6.69
14Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 42 min$5.22
15Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville★★★★★★★★★★69%3 h 54 min$4.73
16Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 58 min$4.48
17Prisma Health BaptistColumbia★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 33 min$3.98
18Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 58 min$5.25
19Musc Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 14 min$9.86
20Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 41 min$4.27
21Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 28 min$3.69
22Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 10 min–
23Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 43 min$5.50
24Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 33 min$5.03
25Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry★★★★★★★★★★79%1 h 50 min$3.10
26Musc Health Marion Medical CenterMullins★★★★★★★★★★70%1 h 58 min$7.29
27McLeod Medical Center - DillonDillon★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 50 min$6.47
28Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 4 min$7.70
29McLeod Health CherawCheraw★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 20 min$5.81
30McLeod Health ClarendonManning★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 32 min$6.31
31McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 58 min$5.73
32Musc Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 56 min$9.37
33Musc Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 14 min$5.14
34Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 45 min$4.02
35Trident Medical CenterCharleston★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 6 min$15.44
36KershawhealthCamden★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 40 min$5.04
37Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 50 min$4.42
38Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 41 min$3.99
39Carolina Pines Regional Medical CenterHartsville★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 22 min$8.80
40Musc Medical CenterCharleston★★★★★★★★★★72%3 h 25 min$3.95
41Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 59 min$4.51
42Grand Strand Regional Medical CenterMyrtle Beach★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 10 min$15.19
43Conway Medical CenterConway★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 14 min$4.10
44Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown★★★★★★★★★★59%2 h 31 min$3.35
45Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 42 min$11.11
46Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 46 min$8.58
47Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill★★★★★★★★★★49%3 h 4 min$10.23
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.