Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Carolina with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
15 South Carolina hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Trident Medical Center, MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown, Prisma Health Richland Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Trident Medical Center | 1.4%, 98th percentile | 9.6%, 98th percentile | 9.5%, 79th percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Trident Medical Center |
| T2 | MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 13.9%, 4th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown |
| T2 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital | 1.9%, 78th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 16.0%, 38th percentile | 9.5%, 24th percentile | 10.4%, 73rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Prisma Health Richland Hospital |
| 4 | MUSC Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare MUSC Medical Center |
| T5 | St Francis-Downtown | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 11.8%, 3rd percentile | 9.9%, 82nd percentile | 14.1%, 91st percentile | Compare St Francis-Downtown |
| T5 | McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 10.9%, 7th percentile | 10.2%, 77th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee |
| 7 | Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 9.8%, 73rd percentile | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 10.6%, 9th percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center |
| 8 | Spartanburg Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 13.3%, 10th percentile | 14.2%, 7th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | 13.3%, 25th percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | Compare Spartanburg Medical Center |
| T9 | Roper Hospital | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 8.4%, 52nd percentile | 12.1%, 42nd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Roper Hospital |
| T9 | Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center |
| T9 | Piedmont Medical Center | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 9.0%, 93rd percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | Compare Piedmont Medical Center |
| T12 | Anmed Health | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 17.6%, 17th percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 13.6%, 22nd percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | Compare Anmed Health |
| T12 | Lexington Medical Center | 3.0%, 19th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 13.4%, 24th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare Lexington Medical Center |
| 14 | Self Regional Healthcare | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 7.9%, 66th percentile | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Self Regional Healthcare |
| 15 | Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 10.7%, 85th percentile | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 13.9%, 70th percentile | 7.7%, 72nd percentile | 10.0%, 81st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital |
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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.