Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Carolina with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
30 South Carolina hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Charleston VA Medical Center, Pelham Medical Center, MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Charleston VA Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Charleston VA Medical Center |
| T1 | Pelham Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | 0.42, 69th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Pelham Medical Center |
| T1 | MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 0.36, 54th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.72, 39th percentile | 0.33, 43rd percentile | Compare MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center |
| T1 | Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.01, 33rd percentile | 1.02, 11th percentile | 2.77, 1st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.16, 68th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital |
| T1 | Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | 0.42, 69th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital |
| T1 | Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 1.25, 7th percentile | 0.33, 74th percentile | 0.70, 58th percentile | 1.25, 12th percentile | 0.13, 72nd percentile | Compare Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital |
| T1 | Conway Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 1.10, 19th percentile | 0.38, 52nd percentile | 1.61, 12th percentile | — | 0.89, 27th percentile | 0.32, 45th percentile | Compare Conway Medical Center |
| 8 | St Francis-Downtown | 0.12, 78th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 0.30, 60th percentile | 1.61, 12th percentile | — | 1.21, 14th percentile | 0.24, 56th percentile | Compare St Francis-Downtown |
| 9 | Spartanburg Medical Center | 0.13, 77th percentile | 0.79, 94th percentile | 0.35, 55th percentile | 0.64, 55th percentile | — | 0.59, 51st percentile | 0.27, 51st percentile | Compare Spartanburg Medical Center |
| 10 | Aiken Regional Medical Center | 0.25, 70th percentile | 1.21, 10th percentile | 0.37, 52nd percentile | 1.21, 24th percentile | — | 0.54, 55th percentile | 0.19, 63rd percentile | Compare Aiken Regional Medical Center |
| 11 | Piedmont Medical Center | 0.32, 65th percentile | 1.29, 7th percentile | 0.19, 68th percentile | 0.26, 77th percentile | — | 0.97, 23rd percentile | 0.10, 74th percentile | Compare Piedmont Medical Center |
| 12 | MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown | 0.35, 62nd percentile | 1.27, 7th percentile | 0.90, 15th percentile | 0.24, 78th percentile | — | 0.91, 26th percentile | 0.39, 35th percentile | Compare MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown |
| 13 | McLeod Loris Hospital | 0.38, 60th percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | 1.21, 8th percentile | 0.90, 37th percentile | — | 0.31, 74th percentile | 0.08, 76th percentile | Compare McLeod Loris Hospital |
| 14 | Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital | 0.45, 53rd percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 0.56, 35th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.13, 71st percentile | Compare Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital |
| 15 | McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | 0.56, 44th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.41, 49th percentile | 1.74, 9th percentile | — | 0.81, 33rd percentile | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee |
| 16 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital | 0.56, 43rd percentile | 1.15, 14th percentile | 0.67, 26th percentile | 2.51, 2nd percentile | 0.75, 55th percentile | 0.71, 40th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Richland Hospital |
| 17 | Lexington Medical Center | 0.58, 42nd percentile | 0.88, 78th percentile | 0.43, 47th percentile | 0.91, 36th percentile | 0.63, 64th percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.30, 48th percentile | Compare Lexington Medical Center |
| 18 | Prisma Health Baptist | 0.58, 41st percentile | 0.72, 98th percentile | 0.44, 46th percentile | 1.72, 10th percentile | 3.86, 2nd percentile | 0.25, 77th percentile | 0.09, 76th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Baptist |
| T19 | Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital | 0.70, 32nd percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 0.60, 32nd percentile | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.54, 21st percentile | Compare Prisma Health Baptist Easley Hospital |
| T19 | Trident Medical Center | 0.70, 32nd percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 0.80, 20th percentile | 1.00, 31st percentile | 0.97, 41st percentile | 0.40, 68th percentile | 0.29, 49th percentile | Compare Trident Medical Center |
| 21 | Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 0.73, 30th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 0.57, 34th percentile | 1.28, 21st percentile | — | 0.28, 75th percentile | 0.12, 73rd percentile | Compare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center |
| 22 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge | 0.73, 30th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | — | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.24, 56th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge |
| 23 | Self Regional Healthcare | 0.77, 28th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.18, 69th percentile | 0.54, 61st percentile | — | 0.28, 75th percentile | 0.18, 65th percentile | Compare Self Regional Healthcare |
| 24 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 0.79, 26th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 0.53, 37th percentile | 1.62, 11th percentile | 1.15, 36th percentile | 0.43, 65th percentile | 0.25, 54th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital |
| 25 | Roper Hospital | 0.84, 24th percentile | 0.75, 97th percentile | 0.22, 66th percentile | 0.38, 71st percentile | 1.65, 22nd percentile | 2.20, 2nd percentile | 0.30, 47th percentile | Compare Roper Hospital |
| 26 | MUSC Medical Center | 0.84, 23rd percentile | 1.48, 3rd percentile | 0.78, 20th percentile | 1.47, 15th percentile | 1.62, 24th percentile | 0.94, 24th percentile | 0.52, 23rd percentile | Compare MUSC Medical Center |
| 27 | Anmed Health | 0.90, 20th percentile | 0.77, 95th percentile | 0.78, 21st percentile | 0.84, 41st percentile | 0.00, 89th percentile | 0.75, 37th percentile | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Anmed Health |
| 28 | Beaufort County Memorial Hospital | 1.35, 7th percentile | 1.07, 23rd percentile | 0.40, 50th percentile | 1.68, 10th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.83, 9th percentile | Compare Beaufort County Memorial Hospital |
| 29 | MUSC Health Florence Medical Center | 1.52, 6th percentile | 1.05, 26th percentile | 0.82, 19th percentile | 0.51, 64th percentile | — | 0.90, 27th percentile | 0.35, 40th percentile | Compare MUSC Health Florence Medical Center |
| 30 | Columbia SC VA Medical Center | 1.85, 3rd percentile | 0.81, 92nd percentile | 0.56, 35th percentile | — | — | — | — | Compare Columbia SC VA Medical Center |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).