Hospital rankings
Hospitals in South Carolina with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate
55 South Carolina hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | MUSC Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 1.48, 3rd percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 713 | Compare MUSC Medical Center |
| 52 | Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 130 min, 65th percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 369 | Compare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center |
| T53 | Charleston VA Medical Center | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 9.8%, 97th percentile | 8.3%, 93rd percentile | 0.78, 95th percentile | — | — | 500 | Compare Charleston VA Medical Center |
| T53 | McLeod Health Cheraw | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 0.94, 59th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 59 | Compare McLeod Health Cheraw |
| 55 | Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 15.4%, 2nd percentile | 1.12, 17th percentile | 142 min, 55th percentile | 1.01, 38th percentile | 116 | Compare Carolina Pines Regional 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.
- 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.
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).