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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. Leading: Columbia SC VA Medical Center, Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital, Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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55 hospitals ranked in South Carolina by hospital-wide readmission rate; 11 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
1Columbia SC VA Medical CenterColumbia, SC · Veterans Affairs12.8%—10.0%12.5%8.1%——Compare
T2Prisma Health Greer Memorial HospitalSpartanburg, SC · Acute care13.5%—8.9%14.2%9.0%—9.1%Compare
T2Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · Acute care13.5%—9.1%13.6%7.9%—11.0%Compare
4Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier HospitalCharleston, SC · Acute care13.7%—14.8%13.9%8.6%—8.6%Compare
T5Prisma Health BaptistColumbia, SC · Acute care13.8%—10.6%12.8%9.1%—12.4%Compare
T5Prisma Health Laurens County HospitalClinton, SC · Acute care13.8%—10.6%16.1%7.9%—9.2%Compare
7Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC · Acute care13.9%—12.4%18.1%——14.3%Compare
T8Mount Pleasant HospitalMount Pleasant, SC · Acute care14.0%—9.8%13.1%6.8%—9.0%Compare
T8Roper HospitalCharleston, SC · Acute care14.0%11.8%9.9%14.4%8.4%2.7%12.1%Compare
T8Piedmont Medical CenterRock Hill, SC · Acute care14.0%13.5%11.8%16.1%10.7%2.7%9.0%Compare
T11Prisma Health Patewood HospitalGreenville, SC · Acute care14.1%——————Compare
T11St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · Acute care14.1%12.1%11.6%15.4%11.8%2.2%9.9%Compare
T13Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant, SC · Acute care14.2%—9.7%16.4%8.4%—11.2%Compare
T13Prisma Health Baptist Easley HospitalEasley, SC · Acute care14.2%11.2%11.6%12.2%8.9%—9.4%Compare
T13Prisma Health Hillcrest HospitalSimpsonville, SC · Acute care14.2%—10.6%12.7%7.1%—8.6%Compare
T13Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC · Acute care14.2%12.9%12.6%19.4%8.1%—16.7%Compare
17Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC · Acute care14.3%12.0%12.4%15.0%7.9%3.2%14.5%Compare
T18Prisma Health Richland HospitalColumbia, SC · Acute care14.4%10.6%11.6%16.0%9.5%1.9%10.4%Compare
T18Spartanburg Medical CenterSpartanburg, SC · Acute care14.4%13.3%14.2%16.8%11.6%2.5%13.3%Compare
T18Tidelands Georgetown Memorial HospitalGeorgetown, SC · Acute care14.4%13.1%13.5%15.7%9.3%—11.2%Compare
T21KershawHealthCamden, SC · Acute care14.6%—13.4%22.7%9.0%—12.9%Compare
T21Lexington Medical CenterWest Columbia, SC · Acute care14.6%11.6%12.6%16.8%11.0%3.0%13.4%Compare
T21MUSC Health Chester Medical CenterChester, SC · Acute care14.6%——14.3%———Compare
T24Tidelands Waccamaw Community HospitalMurrells Inlet, SC · Acute care14.7%13.6%11.8%16.8%8.5%—16.8%Compare
T24Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC · Acute care14.7%—13.1%21.1%———Compare
T26Prisma Health Tuomey HospitalSumter, SC · Acute care14.8%12.6%10.2%20.1%10.8%—8.3%Compare
T26Allendale County HospitalFairfax, SC · Critical access14.8%——————Compare
T26Union Medical CenterUnion, SC · Acute care14.8%——17.5%———Compare
T29Pelham Medical CenterGreer, SC · Acute care14.9%—9.2%13.0%7.4%—17.3%Compare
T29Roper St Francis Hospital-Berkeley IncSummerville, SC · Acute care14.9%—11.6%14.1%8.6%—9.9%Compare
T29Anmed HealthAnderson, SC · Acute care14.9%11.1%12.4%17.6%10.7%3.0%13.6%Compare
T29Colleton Medical CenterWalterboro, SC · Acute care14.9%—12.2%20.2%9.2%—11.3%Compare
T29MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center DowntownColumbia, SC · Acute care14.9%13.9%11.0%15.2%9.5%1.9%11.7%Compare
T29MUSC Health Marion Medical CenterMullins, SC · Acute care14.9%—9.8%16.6%——12.5%Compare
T29Trident Medical CenterCharleston, SC · Acute care14.9%9.6%9.5%16.1%10.2%1.4%11.0%Compare
T29Cannon Memorial HospitalPickens, SC · Acute care14.9%——15.3%———Compare
T37McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · Acute care15.0%15.6%14.7%16.0%8.3%—12.7%Compare
T37Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · Acute care15.0%10.7%11.3%13.9%7.7%3.3%10.0%Compare
T37McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · Acute care15.0%12.9%11.9%14.4%10.9%2.2%10.2%Compare
T37Abbeville Area Medical CenterAbbeville, SC · Critical access15.0%——16.8%———Compare
T41Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · Acute care15.1%13.6%11.8%13.0%8.7%—13.0%Compare
T41Hampton Regional Medical CenterVarnville, SC · Acute care15.1%——15.0%——13.7%Compare
43McLeod Medical Center - DillonDillon, SC · Acute care15.2%—11.8%13.4%8.4%—16.2%Compare
T44Prisma Health Oconee Memorial HospitalSeneca, SC · Acute care15.3%11.3%11.4%16.4%8.3%—8.7%Compare
T44MUSC Health Florence Medical CenterFlorence, SC · Acute care15.3%10.8%9.4%15.8%10.2%—11.6%Compare
T46McLeod Health ClarendonManning, SC · Acute care15.4%—12.4%18.3%9.5%—12.3%Compare
T46Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC · Acute care15.4%13.2%9.8%17.8%10.6%2.4%14.2%Compare
T48MUSC Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster, SC · Acute care15.5%12.3%13.2%16.7%9.8%—11.4%Compare
T48Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · Acute care15.5%—11.7%15.1%8.4%—14.2%Compare
50Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · Acute care15.6%12.5%17.3%18.2%10.9%—12.8%Compare

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.