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 | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 15.0% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 2.4% | 11.9% | ||
| 51 | MUSC Medical Center | 15.7%, 13th percentile | 10.4%, 90th percentile | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 16.9%, 25th percentile | 7.1%, 87th percentile | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | Compare MUSC Medical Center |
| 52 | Grand Strand Regional Medical Center | 15.8%, 11th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 18.4%, 11th percentile | 9.4%, 26th percentile | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 10.5%, 71st percentile | Compare Grand Strand Regional Medical Center |
| T53 | Charleston VA Medical Center | 16.1%, 6th percentile | 9.8%, 97th percentile | 8.3%, 93rd percentile | 12.7%, 85th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | — | — | Compare Charleston VA Medical Center |
| T53 | McLeod Health Cheraw | 16.1%, 6th percentile | — | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 9.0%, 36th percentile | — | 18.2%, 3rd percentile | Compare McLeod Health Cheraw |
| 55 | Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center | 16.6%, 2nd percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 15.4%, 2nd percentile | 16.1%, 36th percentile | 8.6%, 46th percentile | — | 17.8%, 4th percentile | 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.
- 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke patients.